Mitsumata Tissue Heavy HM 22 gsm 55,9 x 69,9 cm HW - Natural white
Product code: 115160- 100% Japanese mitsumata
- 3 deckle edges
- unsized
- HM - Handmade
- HW - Heritage washi
- cooked in slaked lime, board dried, produced in Okayama
- two sheets layered together to make double-thick paper; produced as a wider sheet and then cut in half
- used in Japan for backing gold leaf
- mitsumata considered to be the "feminine fibre", softer and more pliable than kozo; takes twice as long as kozo to grow
- good for chine-colle, drawing, layering; absorbent without bleeding or feathering
Usage:
Conservation, Repair, Printmaking, Relief Print, Wood Engraving, Chine Colle, Calligraphy, Intaglio
10.20