Chiyogami 922Every 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

interwoven Japanese kozo fibres

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

or mitsumata fibres

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

and decorated by hand

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

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

handmade translucent kozo papers you will understand why

It is the most widely used fibre

Don’t be shy with these papers

While these papers don't actually have any silk fibres in them