Chiyogami 682Every 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

Each sheet is formed

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

and colour

and decorated by hand

are stored in bolts

In Japanese Akebono means 'dawn' and after seeing these delicate

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

The inner barks of three plants

handmade paper is a bit of a chameleon

all native to Japan