Chiyogami 897 856c The art of washi is

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

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

Chiyogami 897 856c The art of washi isEvery 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,