Chiyogami 872Every 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,

such as tea tins

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

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

While beautiful and decorative – perfect for framing – these papers are also incredibly strong

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

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 individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications

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Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils