Chiyogami 935Every 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

Depending on its use

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

The kozo fibre is an unusually long and durable fibre and contributes to the strength of these seemingly delicate papers

are stored in bolts

To learn more about how Katazome-shi is made

which very appropriately describes this paper most often used for collage and chigiri-e

the protector

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

handmade paper is a bit of a chameleon

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

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils