Katazome-shi (handmade paper)
Monday, February 19th, 2007
I’ve been collecting scraps and larger sheets of this handmade Japanese paper for a few years now and I thought it might be fun to photograph it.
The paper is stencil-dyed and the process is called Katazome-shi. It’s the same process used on fabric for kimonos and other high end printing jobs.
This photograph is bout 1 inch across. I have dozens more that I’ll be adding to my Katazome-shi flickr set over time.
Places to buy this paper:
The Japanese Paper Place
Hiromi Paper International
Here’s a great place to see different kinds of patterns.
Kata = ‘form’ ‘model’ ~ ’stencil’
Zome = (Someru) to dye
Shi = ‘paper’
Kata is the same word as ‘Kata’ in Karate, where they go through the set poses. I love how liiteral Japanese is…
Ah, very useful Caitlin, thanks.