For centuries, people around the world have enjoyed the art of paper cutting. It’s both fun and relaxing, with young and old creating beautiful artworks. Paper cutting is essentially drawing with scissors. You free your design, decorations, and letters from the paper with your scissors. The variations are as diverse as the cutters themselves.

Everyone has used scissors on a piece of paper at some point, but in this workshop, you’ll take it a step further. After a brief introduction to the art of paper cutting, you’ll learn the basic techniques from an experienced cutter. You will then apply these techniques to create your own cutwork from silhouette paper. You’ll also learn how to carefully mount your artwork, and at the end of the workshop, you’ll take home a framed piece of art. Make sure to reserve a spot on your wall at home!

The Dutch Association for Paper Art is a meeting place for both hobbyists and professional artists in the field. The workshop instructors are members of this association and are specially trained to teach interested individuals the intricacies of the craft. Most of them regularly exhibit their work.

Paper cutting art has been listed in the Inventory of Intangible Heritage in the Netherlands since 2013.