Chiyogami 902Every 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,

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

are stored in bolts

To learn more about how Katazome-shi is made

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

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

Our Chiyogami papers

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

the pigments absorb deeply into the paper to produce long-lasting colour and the unmistakable look of a print truly made by hand

"Katazome-shi" literally means stencil-dyed papers

Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils