Chiyogami 884Every 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,

In Japanese Akebono means ‘dawn’ and after seeing these delicate

Each sheet is formed

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

or mitsumata fibres

While beautiful and decorative – perfect for framing – these papers are also incredibly strong

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

and decorated by hand

To learn more about how Katazome-shi is made

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

handmade translucent kozo papers you will understand why

Our Chiyogami papers

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils