Chiyogami 937Every 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 regenerates annually

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

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

so no forests are depleted in the process

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

and decorated by hand

are used primarily in the making of washi

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

and the strongest

The inner barks of three plants

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available with free shipping to North America

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils