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Katagami — Flying Fish — Notebook
Katagami — Flying Fish — Notebook
An archival story. Space for your own.
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An archival story. Space for your own.
The document
A katagami: the hand-cut paper stencil that resist-dyed the cloth of the kimono, on the same principle as the silkscreen. The tool that made textiles — turned into one.
Inside the notebook
Start with eleven pages exploring the document on the cover: its maker, its history and how it was made. Then make it yours with 106 writing pages — 86 ruled and 20 dot grid — for notes, ideas and sketches.
A5 softcover with a printed spine and PUR binding. A book-style notebook with pages that curve into the spine when open.
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About the maker
Ise-Katagami · Suzuka, Japan. The stencil behind the printed textile.
Specifications
- A5 · 148 × 210 mm
- Softcover · PUR perfect binding · printed spine
- 120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
- 100 gsm uncoated paper
- Printed on demand in the USA
Katagami · Flying Fish, paper dye-stencil · c. 1900 · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Ise-Katagami · Japan · Accession 1946-104-8 · Public domain · CC0
Notebook details
FormatA5 · 148 × 210 mm · Perfect-bound, printed spine
ContentEleven-page archival introduction — provenance, maker, technique, legacy
Pages120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
Paper100 gsm uncoated
Printed byProdigi, USA · Print on demand
ShippingFree in the US on 2+ pieces · $8 flat on one
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