Layers of handmade paper in yellow, lavender, cream and soft green with natural deckled edges

Paper, made by hand. With heart.

100% tree-free handmade paper, crafted from alternative fibres at Kanha Shanti Vanam.

Every fibre has a story.

Cotton, jute, banana and agricultural fibres, each bringing its own texture and character. Botanical impressions, layered compositions, marbled patterns and natural hues, shaped by hand at Kanha Shanti Vanam.

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The beauty begins in the fibre.

Each material brings something different: its texture, its colour,
its own way of becoming paper.

Pastel handmade papers, white fibres and raw materials arranged on a cloth-covered table — Fibres, ready for their next form.

A low view of layered handmade sheets with varied colours and irregular edges — The character of a handmade sheet.

Made slowly. Made by hand.

Every sheet takes shape through patience, skill and many careful hands.

Hands holding a fibrous bowl of white fibre beside seed pods — Fibres, ready for their next form.

Hands sorting orange and yellow petals and fibres on a white cloth — Fibres, ready for their next form.

The fibres are prepared.

Each material is sorted and prepared for papermaking.

Hands working the pulp in a vat of golden water — Fibres suspended in golden water.

Fibre meets water.

The prepared fibres are worked into pulp, ready to form a sheet.

A papermaker holding up a wet, yellow sheet on its mould — Lifted gently from the vat.

A sheet takes shape.

A wooden mould and deckle lift the fibres from the vat, bringing them together as a fresh sheet.

A papermaker transferring a freshly formed wet sheet onto felt — A fresh sheet, laid onto felt.

Time does its work.

Each sheet is transferred, pressed and left to dry.

Rows of pale handmade papers hanging beside a leafy plant in the studio — Each sheet keeps its own character.

No two sheets quite alike.

The edges, the visible fibres, the subtle variations. Each sheet carries the character of its material and the touch of the hands that made it.

Good things are made together.

Meet the people who bring our paper to life through their skill, their care, and the craft they continue to grow in and shape into products.

Care in every detail.
Paper takes another form.
Made together, sheet by sheet.
A craft learned and shared.
Care in every detail.
The people behind the paper.
Paper takes another form.
Where paper meets the artist’s eye.

Aditi holding a mould of handmade paper in the studio — Aditi, with a world of paper in her hands.

A journey I never expected.

Trained as a computer science engineer, I never imagined I would become a papermaker.

Then Daaji shared his vision and love for handmade paper, and his dream of having a papermaking studio at Kanha Shanti Vanam. He placed his trust in me to bring it to life.

I began my journey of learning the craft in Auroville, one sheet at a time. Today, I continue to explore what textile and dry waste fibres can become, to see what we can build around this beautiful craft.

Aditi

A Gift Woven with Love

Some bonds are not bound by blood, but by the heart.

Born from Daaji’s vision and his faith in me, Aditi Paperie is my offering of love to him: a daughter’s way of bringing her father’s dream to life, one sheet at a time.

A dream he placed in my hands, a love I hope to pass on.

May this paper remind you of someone who believed in you, and of the beautiful ways love finds its way back home.

Made by hand. Held close to the heart.

Hands holding a white sculpted paper vase with delicate flowers and dry stems — A different choice of fibre. A thoughtful gift to the future.

A little more for tomorrow.

At Kanha Shanti Vanam, care for the Earth is part of the way we live: through growing food, planting trees and tending to the land. Aditi Paperie carries that spirit into papermaking, creating 100% tree-free paper from alternative fibres.

The paper you feel in your hands is more than a surface to write on. It is an invitation to consider what we choose today, and what we leave for the generations to come.