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Originally Posted by ryuurui
Hi there,
Size is not the problem, neither will be a shop shipping it to UK. The issue is the paper characteristics, and mainly its thickness and absorbing abilities (にじみ) Depends what you like. General rule is the thinner the paper is, the more expensive it gets, although it has nothing to do with absorbing abilities. Further, paper made in Japan tends to be more expensive than one made in China. With paper it's a trial and error method, till you find what you really like.
Size charts are here:
Another issue is that paper is sold in min 50 sheets, and that is for the really big packs. No one sells paper sheets separately. The more or less A4 size paper (or is it A4) so called 半紙 （はんし） is sold in pack from 1000 sheets up. Good quality paper starts at 3000 yen per pack and goes as high as 30.000 yen.
How large do you need. You could get 全紙 which is 700x1350cm (it depends on the measuring method), which is the biggest standard paper size. I bought 100 sheets for 5000 or 6000 yen and I basically stole it for that price. Decent quality 全紙 usually starts at 8000-9000yen / 100 sheets.
You can get 半切 はんせつ which is same length as 全紙 but half that wide (350x1350)
If you OK with the prices, I ll be more than happy to search for it. Perhaps the store I am buying at will ship it to you.
You need to post some of your works, I'd love to see them.
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Thanks for the prompt reply! If I have to ship it from abroad i don't mind buying in bulk, and I definitely want at ~least~ A3 size paper. I have some time before my stock runs out so I can save a little money, so whilst 30,000 yen is probably out my price range, 10,000 yen wouldn't be a problem.
My 'standard sized' paper is about 1mx30cm, so a full sheet was about 1m x 1.2m. I'll have to download a new language pack to read that the tables you posted, for some reason the coding doesn't want to work on mac, but I appreciate the effort and i'll definitely try and check it out.
700x1350cm is probably a little too big, if you really mean cm! that's 7 meters by 135 meters?! Not sure if I could fit that into my work-space.
In terms of characteristics, as long as it's long-fibered and acid free, I can be fairly flexible. I can vary my style and mix the ink to cope with the absorbency without too much trouble. I do prefer it to be rough on one side and smooth on the other, and I'd really like thin paper rather than thick paper, or else I'd just use water-colour paper!
I'll make a post in the art section and show some of my work!