World Washi Summit Catalog

The World Washi Summit was held in Toronto, Canada in 2008 and was organized to honor the papermakers who perservere in making this sustainable versatile material, and to highlight and encourage it's use by artists in Canada and around the world.

The event was organized by The Japanese Paper Place who for almost forty years has been in the business of introducing washi to artists.

Founder and president Nancy Jacobi conceived of "The World Washi Summit", to bring together Japanese papermakers, artists, gallery owners and distributors of our paper from around the world for a life-altering week of creative discovery.  This event was the perfect expression of Nancy’s essence: the ability to mix art with business, tradition with innovation, and passion with purpose.

The catalog covers

Washi History and Process

The Papermakers

Artist Essays

Gallery Listing

Photographs of artwork

There is one copy with a limited edition print on handmade Japanese washi paper.