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AWAGAMI (Japanese WASHI) PAPER – JAPAN

‘AIJP’ INKJET PAPERS
• Awagami Inkjet Papers are extraordinary Japanese papers created solely in Tokushima mill to yield museum quality digital prints.

• AIJP papers are suitable for photographers, designers and “hybrid printmakers and alike. Crafted from natural fibres and pure mountain water. AIJP papers faithfully retain the texture of Japanese WASHI yet are specially coated to maximize the creative potential of your digital print experience.

Truly transformative papers, AIJP will unveil new artistic possibilities for paper-passionate artists. Many Epson & Canon ICC profiles are available.

“Tamezuki“ and “Nagashizuki” are the two handmade methods employed by the Japanese Mill; Tamezuki being the older of the two methods uses branches from Kozo ( Mulberry) hemp or gampi( type of Japanese shrub) and cooked in Alkaline solution to obtain slurry which are beaten ( mechanically) to obtain fibres . The result mixture is then added with water and then scooped onto screened frame . The paper is formed by a single scoop in the vat . Newly formed sheets of paper are then dried and stacked on top of each other separated by a cloth to prevent them from sticking to each other.
Nagashizuki method yields stronger, thinner and semi Translucent paper that has become synonymous with “ WASHI” . The Nagashizuki method often uses a wooden mould and deckle unit with a removable flexible bamboo screen. Long-fibered pulp is mixed with natural “Neri” to change the viscosity of the water and suspend the fibers during sheet formation process – resulting in a slow drainage process.( Neri is a viscous material found in certain plants which is extracted to mix with water so as to make the resultant water viscous so that drainage of water is water is slow giving opportunities to paper maker to have even surface with stronger inter fibre bond)