Amate Bark Paper from Mexico- Basket Weave Brown/Gray 15.5x23" Sheet Amate Bark Paper from Mexico- Basket Weave Brown/Gray 15.5x23" Sheet

This gorgeous paper comes to us from a Mexico, where skilled artisanshave been producing amate paper for centuries. The culture of amatepaper dates back to pre-Columbian Meso-Americantimes. Amate paper looks amazing if you simply frame a sheet as ready madeartwork. Also terrific for bookmaking arts, collage, multimedia artwork, paper sculpture, lampshades, and more. This amate pattern is called "Basket Weave" by the artisans that make it. Thisbeautiful sheet features amate bark strips in a random criss-crosspattern. The bark going one way on this  sheet is solid gray, and the bark going theother way is natural brown! You can use either side of thesesheets to get a totally different look.