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Stories cut from paper

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With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from snips and slices.

With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from snips and slices.

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Participate in a paper cutting workshop to learn how to cut your own stories.

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Béatrice Coron

Papercutter artist

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Béatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting multi-layered stories.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Participate in a paper cutting workshop to learn how to cut your own stories.