Arashi Brown 464c fashionable kimono textiles being produced

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

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

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Arashi Brown 464c fashionable kimono textiles being producedA 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