Chiyogami 932Every 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

such as tea tins

The art of washi is an extremely labour intensive process starting with the harvest and preparation of kozo

are used primarily in the making of washi

are stored in bolts

and the strongest

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

It is the most widely used fibre

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

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications

Kozo (mulberry) is said to be the masculine element

The fibres in Arashi are coarse and variegated