Akebono Autumn dragonflies Fibre: 90% Japanese kozo

Fibre: 90% Japanese kozo

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

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

letterpress and most fine art projects

Moriki Kozo is a high quality

Akebono Autumn dragonflies Fibre: 90% Japanese kozoIn Japanese Akebono means 'dawn' and after seeing these delicate, handmade translucent kozo papers you will understand why. Soft wisps of variegated kozo are added to a finer pulp to create a texture and colour reminiscent of a morning sky. A father and son make our Akebono 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