Chiyogami 892 521c A father and son make

A father and son make our Arashi papers in the traditional way in a small Japanese village

For this reason

and certainly each batch of handmade papers will have slight variations in weight

The kozo fibre is an unusually long and durable fibre and contributes to the strength of these seemingly delicate papers

Kozo (mulberry) is said to be the masculine element

Chiyogami 892 521c A father and son makeEvery 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,