The craft is passed down through generations

For as long as I can remember, I have drawn or shaped everything I could get my hands on. I have always seen figures, shapes and life in all sorts of materials, and inspiration can come from anywhere and often comes like lightning from a clear sky. I simply love everything handmade and the old virtues of craftsmanship.

I have never let go.
a basic
admiration for what
you can create with
humble materials.

We hold on tight.
in the traditional
craftsmanship in our
family, and gives them
would like to continue.

I think my creative urge is innate.

I believe my creative urge is innate, because my hands have always been busy creating, shaping or making something grow, and my passion was helped along nicely in my childhood. Both my grandmother and grandfather took great pride in using and teaching the old craft traditions to us grandchildren. Grandma was a tailor, sewed dresses for the city's elite and was truly skilled at her craft. When I was 11, I came to her every Wednesday, where she taught me how to sew and embroider, and her aesthetic sense has undoubtedly rubbed off on me.

We have a beautiful tradition in our family of embroidered advent calendars that started way back in the 1960s, when my grandmother made one as a gift for my siblings and I for our first Christmas. I still have it, and every year I put little packages of candy on it for myself!
My grandmother passed away last year at the beautiful age of 103, and has taken on the great responsibility of embroidering Advent calendars for her great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren – a modest 19 in total – so it's safe to say that we hold on to the traditional crafts in our family and are happy to pass them on.

There is probably no doubt where my great love for the old craftsmanship comes from.

103 year old grandmother and I on a relaxing walk in the garden.

Loves to create and come up with new ideas.

My creative cozy corner.

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We must respect and take care of each other and our little planet.

Papier-mâché made from recycled paper and surplus cotton In my company, we use recycled paper and cotton fabric from the textile and fashion industries that would otherwise have been burned or thrown away. Around 40 million tons of textile waste, offcuts and other surplus materials, are burned or end up in landfills, and it's almost unbearable to think about. All the cotton fabric we use for papier-mâché is recycled. The same is the paper the Indian women use. Cardboard boxes, newspapers and the like are collected or picked up from landfills, torn into a thousand pieces, mixed into pulp, shaped into decorations according to my design and painted. Everything is done with the hands, with body and soul. I have a hard time with waste, so I really like the recycling of waste products. Basically, I am deeply fascinated by the fact that you can create new life and make the finest things out of materials that would have been burned or thrown away somewhere on our earth. Then we get what we used and avoid depleting the planet of more resources.
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The craft is passed down through generations

My own little creative corner.
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Love for papier-mâché

Most of us have probably dipped pieces of newspaper in wallpaper paste and covered a balloon, made a tower out of milk cartons or built a cardboard house in kindergarten. I have never lost my basic admiration for what can be created with humble materials, and now – after working with several different materials for many years – I have returned to papier-mâché.
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Papier-mâché – from paper to decoration

All papier-mâché crafts are handmade from recycled paper, surplus cotton and biodegradable materials. The paper is waste paper, cardboard boxes and newspapers that are collected from landfills,
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We prefer reusable packaging and recycle everything we can get away with, whether it's cardboard boxes, paper, and filling.

We use our common sense all the way from the first lines drawn in the design phase until you hold the artwork in your hands.

All products are 100% handmade. The products are first designed in Denmark and then handmade by skilled women in India.

We are very concerned about the well-being of the Indian women who make our products – and that we can help ensure that the women have the opportunity to support themselves and their families.

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