Chiyogami 943Every 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,

handmade paper and you will see the resemblance to a bamboo stalk

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

For this reason

and decorated by hand

This delicate

and the strongest

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

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

the protector

It is grown as a farm crop

handmade paper is a bit of a chameleon

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils