Arashi Brown 856 The fashionable kimono textiles being

The 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 pigments absorb deeply into the paper to produce long-lasting colour and the unmistakable look of a print truly made by hand

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

The art of washi is an extremely labour intensive process starting with the harvest and preparation of kozo

In Japanese Akebono means ‘dawn’ and after seeing these delicate

Arashi Brown 856 The fashionable kimono textiles beingA dense and extremely strong handmade kozo paper. The fibres in Arashi are coarse and variegated. Arashi translates as storm, which very appropriately describes this paper most often used for collage and chigiri e. A father and son make our Arashi papers in the traditional way in a small Japanese village. Washi is the word for traditional papers made by hand. The art of washi is an extremely labour intensive process starting with the harvest and