Chiyogami 909Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand. The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens. The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong, soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications! To learn more about how Chiyogami is made, click here. Chiyogami,

Look closely at the pattern of this delicate

Washi is the word for traditional papers made by hand

handmade paper and you will see the resemblance to a bamboo stalk

so no forests are depleted in the process

A pretty tone-on-tone pattern of roses climbs across this delicate

Itame is the Japanese word for ‘woodgrain’ and the juxtaposition of such a rough texture on this delicate

these elegant bold patterned papers were developed in Kyoto during the 20th century by an inspired soul

The fashionable kimono textiles being produced in the Yuzen area of Kyoto inspired the papermakers to produce small-scale paper imitations intended for use on dolls and tiny household items

5” x 11” hand cut sample section

the botanical name for bamboo is ‘sasa’

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils

The fibres in Arashi are coarse and variegated