Nepali Paper Swirls - Natural Washi For Art & Printmaking high strength kraft FSC certified

high strength kraft FSC certified pulp

for the decoupage

portfolios

These fabulous papers are great for use in traditional bookbinding

Also as known as Sekishu Tsuru

Nepali Paper Swirls - Natural Washi For Art & Printmaking high strength kraft FSC certifiedThese wonderful Lokta papers are handmade, & screen printed in the old fashioned way in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. Made from the bark of a special mulberry bush (within 5 7 years the bush will regrow its branches). The bark is peeled, beaten and cooked until it becomes smooth. Then beaten once more and cut up by machine into small pieces which creates the paper pulp. This is "dissolved" in a large water tank into which the mould for the sheet is