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Hidakawashi: Kozo Kawa Hagi Experience Event
***Disclaimer: All images are from events prior to the pandemic. All pictures taken by Hiroyoshi Chinzei. Below, Hiroyoshi Chinzei – President of Hidakawashi in Kochi, Japan – discusses their annual...
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Paper Kits for University of Wyoming Laramie Art Classes
Last year, after the pandemic caused many schools to close and convert all of their classes to virtual ones, Professor Mark Ritchie at the University of Wyoming Laramie Art Department called me up...
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An Examination of the Legacy and Archives of the Rainbow Bridge-Monument...
This month, we hear from artist Hans Baumann who was commissioned by The ONWARD Project to research the archives of the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, eventually binding the found...
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INKJET PRINTING ON MITSUMATA PAPERS FROM BHUTAN
By Edwin Arzeta There is a a dramatic difference, both physically and visually between our BHU-04 and BHU-07W, Bhutan Mitsumata Thin and White Thick respectively. BHU-04 is quite thin and delicate...
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A Papermaker’s Return to the US
By Nicholas Cladis “A chorus of crickets undulates through green, dewy grass. Crows declare a tree their own, over there, just beyond the field. As I reach down to pull weeds – kusatori – at the base...
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Nikawa Report
By Yuki Katayama This month we will explore the long but somewhat convoluted and controversial history of nikawa (animal skin glue). Nikawa is a solid substance traditionally made out of animal (cow,...
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Amate Papers
Back in October 2019, Hiromi made a trip to the papermaking village of San Pablito in Puebla, Mexico to visit the Amate Paper makers. The village is situated on a mountainside, a five hour drive away...
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Remembering Tadayoshi Yamamoto
Tadayoshi Yamamoto in his studio during the 2019 Washi Tour It is with a heavy heart that I write of Tadayoshi Yamamoto’s passing. Yamamoto-san was one of the only remaining craftsmen who specialized...
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Kadoide Washi
New Paper Introduction: Kadoide Washi from Niigata, Japan View of tanada (rice fields) from the papermaking studio (September 2022) In the mountainous region of Niigata, Japan lies the papermaking...
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Kozo in Barcelona?
By Yuki Katayama View from Montjuic This month I attended the ICOM-CC Conference in Valencia where I assisted with the Deffner & Johann booth and spoke to attendees about Japanese papers and...
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