Katazome-shi 135 397 In Japanese Akebono means 'dawn'

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

and decorated by hand

such as tea tins

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

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available

Katazome-shi 135 397 In Japanese Akebono means 'dawn'"Katazome shi" literally means stencil dyed papers. Using traditional kimono printing techniques, these elegant bold patterned papers were developed in Kyoto during the 20th century by an inspired soul. Using persimmon dyed kozo as the stencils, and aided by paste and "Kojiro" (soy bean juice), the pigments absorb deeply into the paper to produce long lasting colour and the unmistakable look of a print truly made by hand. While beautiful and