Chiyogami 790Every 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,

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

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

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

Our Chiyogami papers

the pigments absorb deeply into the paper to produce long-lasting colour and the unmistakable look of a print truly made by hand

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

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

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

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

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