Khadi Papers

Khadi Sunn Hemp Turkish Madder

Khadi Sunn Hemp Turkish Madder Paper

Made by Hussein Kagzi in Rajasthan, these are rare Islamic papers from perhaps the very last traditional Kagzi papermaker still working in India. The papers are made from sunn hemp fibre on a chapri paper mould made from grass stems strung together in a matting. This imparts to the sheet a distinctive laid pattern. Coloured papers are made using traditional vegetable based dyes. Sheets are dried on a plaster wall and surface sized with wheat starch.
The colour is applied by brush. After colouring, the paper is burnished by rubbing on a curved block of wood with a smooth stone.

This paper is made for calligraphy and fine brush and pen work. In India it is used by the Jain community for hand written geneologies painted in gold.

400 x 550mm / 100gsm / no grain direction

£7.50
Size:
400 x 550mm
Weight:
100gsm

4 in stock

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