JAPANESE ART PAPER: BIRDS 50x50cm

Handmade ART PAPER that I made in a paper mill in Japan
Size 50x50cm
"Birds"
Paperwork is magic! I learned to make Japanese papers in a paper mill in Japan, "Fujimori papermill". I developed a very personal technique. I'm starting to prepare my images:  images painted with pigments on Japanese paper. Afterwards, during the creation of the papers, I include the images layer by layer in the paper, between the fibers. To make Japanese paper, we build the paper little by little in the tatami, with a little fiber each time. 
I therefore have in my papers images on the surface and others inside, completely integrated into the papers.
The images that I have integrated here are  mythological symbols of different cultures, texts and fractal symbols as well as my drawing with three birds as a symbol for our desire for freedom.
The fibers when used are kozo, fibers much longer than for making Western papers, and therefore perfect for decorative papers often used in Japan for sliding doors.