Chiyogami 744Every 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,

such as tea tins

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

and aided by paste and "Kojiro" (soy bean juice)

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

To learn more about how Katazome-shi is made

these elegant bold patterned papers were developed in Kyoto during the 20th century by an inspired soul

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

making them ideal for covering books and boxes

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

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction