Chiyogami 878Every 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,

Each sheet is formed

Washi is the word for traditional papers made by hand

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

and aided by paste and "Kojiro" (soy bean juice)

The art of washi is an extremely labour intensive process starting with the harvest and preparation of kozo

are stored in bolts

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

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

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

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

Our Chiyogami papers

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications