Kozo Tissue Maple - Full Sheet 083 Our Chiyogami papers

Our Chiyogami papers

and regenerates annually

so no forests are depleted in the process

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens

Kozo Tissue Maple - Full Sheet 083 Our Chiyogami papersTraditional Japanese Maple leaves in a tone on tone pattern are scattered across this delicate, handmade paper. These papers are especially lovely when layered with another paper or used in a way that allows light to shine through them. The inner barks of three plants, all native to Japan, are used primarily in the making of washi. Kozo (mulberry) is said to be the masculine element, the protector, thick and strong. It is the most widely used fibre,