Chiyogami 698Every 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 certainly each batch of handmade papers will have slight variations in weight

such as tea tins

Each sheet is formed

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

and colour

For this reason

are stored in bolts

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

Soft wisps of variegated kozo are added to a finer pulp to create a texture and colour reminiscent of a morning sky

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 of this paper is available

A father and son make our Akebono papers in the traditional way in a small Japanese village