Usu Kuchi Kozo Fiber Japanese Paper for Dyeing, Printmaking and Mokuhanga Key Blocks
Usu Kuchi Kozo Fiber Japanese Paper for Dyeing, Printmaking and Mokuhanga Key Blocks
100% Kozo Fiber Machine-Made Japanese Paper / Available in Three Weights
Fiber: 100% Thai Kozo
Sheet Size: 25” x 37” (this paper is also available in 8.5” x 11” size)
Weight:
Usu Kuchi Light / 21g
Usu Kuchi Heavy / 31g
Usu Kuchi Extra Heavy / 65g
Second image shows all three weights
A quality machine-made paper great for dyeing, as text pages or printing chine-collé. Very absorbent. In conservation and paper repair, good for hidden structure as fibers are not so evenly formed. Usu Kuchi Light is good for creating key blocks in mokuhanga
Usu Kuchi / Three Weights of 100% Kozo Japanese Paper
Machine-made
Unsized
Cooked with caustic soda, unbleached, produced in Kochi
Versatile and economical unsized paper
In conservation good for strength where paper won't show as sheets not so evenly formed
Absorbent surface excellent for dyeing, suitable for relief printing, chine-collé