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Hi everyone, we just added some origami lucky star paper that some people have been requesting to us via email. If anyone's interested, please check it out www.origamipapermonster.com. We ship to USA and Canada. We're looking to add some thai Unryu paper too. If there's any others you're looking for, send us an email and let us know!

Hanji. I will love you forever if you carry hanji.

What is Hanji like? Is it a kind of Korean washi?

phillipcurl wrote:Hanji. I will love you forever if you carry hanji.

Thank you! Will definitely look into Hanji and keep the forum updated when we get it

fncll wrote:What is Hanji like? Is it a kind of Korean washi?

its diferent from anything, i can't really explain it.

origamipapermonster wrote:

phillipcurl wrote:Hanji. I will love you forever if you carry hanji.

Thank you! Will definitely look into Hanji and keep the forum updated when we get it

Thanks

fncll wrote:What is Hanji like? Is it a kind of Korean washi?

We wrote up a short article on it if you're curious: http://blog.origamipapermonster.com/now ... er-online/

Thanks for the interesting article. I was unclear, though, about this: does this paper need to be treated with MC or the like before it is ready for folding?

Most hand-made papers seem to contain mulberry fiber (Hanji, Washi, Kozo, etc. may contain mulberry), and I primarily fold my models from mulberry tissues, which does require MC to fold crisply and give models a stronger support, otherwise the paper is similar to fabric. It depends on the sizing the paper has been treated with, but usually for most origami purposes it would be advantageous to use MC.