Chiyogami 687Every 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,

like fabrics

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

was developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867)

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

such as cranes for long life and plum blossoms and pine boughs for beauty and longevity

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

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Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

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

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