Description: It's a one of a kind original Japanese Meiji period 1910 stencil pattern "katagami" for dying textiles "katazome”.  Japanese paper stencils were used in a process of resist-dying textiles.  These stencils are made of two or more layers of handmade mulberry paper (Kozo) laminated together and waterproofed with persimmon tannin. Smoke curing gives the paper additional stiffness and turns it into a rich brown.  The newer katagami have silk on one side of the paper.  The stencils embody Japanese design features such as a preference for asymmetry, flattened pictorial space, stylization of natural forms, positive and negative treatment of the same element, combination of abstract and naturalistic elements, illusion of depth created by overlapping planes, and the use of pattern or texture to fill silhouettes. Katagami printing uses a technique called resist dye where a paste is applied to the fabric with the katagami before dipping in ink. The open space on the katagami will be a negative space in the printed design.  

Silk or No silk: Silk  

Silk on inside or outside of paper: outside

Dimensions: about 18in X 30in. 

Can ship flat in a cardboard portfolio or rolled in a tube, please indicate your preference.   $18.00 shipping fee is for rolled package in USPS triangular box.