Cave Paper

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Cave Paper is a handmade paper production studio operating since 1994. We are dedicated to making dec Each sheet of Cave Paper is formed and colored by hand.

These sheets vary from one to the next, yet retain the same spirit throughout. We use 100% Belgian Flax in the majority of our papers, with a smaller selection of Cotton and Abaca sheets. We specialize in natural dyes including Walnut, Indigo, and Persimmon applied individually and in combination.

09/30/2026

Monsoon and Indigo, After and Before (respectively) our pomegranate rind dye has been applied. Loving working outside on this sunny fall day, after the last hurrah of monsoon rains rolled through.

09/27/2026

Time to make some dye from the beautiful pomegranate rinds from Mission Garden

09/09/2026

🔹️🔷️🔹️Indigo in progress 🔹️🔷️🔹️

09/03/2026

100 beautiful base sheets made by over the last two days! 💪

08/27/2026

Happy National Dog Day to one of the very best! 💕

08/20/2026

Thank you for sharing your pomegranate season with us! This week we collected drops from under the trees, plus a big basket that volunteers had already gathered and set aside for us.

We're drying this batch so they don't compost before we can cook them, and then over the next few weeks we will make them into dye to be used in our fall production run :)

This Saturday I'll be giving a short demo to Mission Garden volunteers on how we dye our paper with pomegranate rind.

Mission Garden is a living piece of Tucson’s history and a vibrant part of the community today. It means a lot to me that our work gets to be connected to this place.

Below are descriptions of the 11 pomegranate cultivars grown at Mission Garden, written by Dena Cowan for Friends of Tucson's Birthplace. I wanted to include them all because it feels like a poem!

Sonoran White: These cultivars have golden skin and sweet, soft-seeded, yellowish arils that tinge pink late in the season. They ripen in August and September.

Sosa-Carillo: Collected at historic Sosa-Carrillo house in downtown Tucson.

Josefina: Collected at home of Mission Garden ‘Madrina’ Josefina Lizárraga.

Quitobaquito: Collected from last remaining tree in old orchard of disappeared O’odham village in what is now Organ Pipe National Monument. Reddish around crown.

San Ignacio Agosteño: Collected in Casimiro Sanchez’ orchard, San Ignacio, Sonora.

Tumacácori Pink: Collected at Tumacácori National Historic Park, Visitor’s Center. Reddish around crown.

San Isidro Agosteño: Collected from Don Pedro Muñoz orchard, Magdalena, Sonora.

Ruby: Collected in the California Gulch wash, near Ruby, Arizona. Sweet, very soft-seeded, pink arils. Ripens early fall.

Tumacacori Ranch House: Collected at Tumacácori National Historic Park.Tart, hard-seeded, red arils. Ripens in October.

Verde River: Collected in the floodplain of the Verde River by Ray Leimkuehler, horticulturist at Desert Botanical Garden. Tart, hard-seeded, red arils. Ripens in October.

Tumacacori Ornamental: Collected at Tumacácori National Historic Park, courtyard. Large white and orangish red carnation-like blossoms. Non-fruiting.

08/13/2026

Pomegranate season is here! 💛 The beautiful fruit behind the dye seen on our High Noon, Petrichor, and Monsoon papers.

08/06/2026

Small studies with Pomegranate + Indigo on flax
What do you see? 🌵

07/30/2026

Last chance to pre-order your Cave Paper with Hiromi Paper and TALAS for our October restock! This month flew by, and the August 1 pre-order deadline is just around the corner.

We now restock all our designs with Hiromi Paper and TALAS in the spring and fall, so we recommend ordering in advance if you are planning an edition, designing a project that will require many sheets, or have specific paper requests.

For local folks, we will be restocking our showroom in October as well! You can always email [email protected] to set up a visit.

07/23/2026

⚠️ Pulp in progress! ⚠️

Flax fiber is processed into pulp during a four hour cycle in our 25lb Valley be**er. We make about 100-250 sheets from each batch, depending on the dimensions and weight of the paper.

Address

846 N. Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ
85705

Telephone

+15207752283

Website

http://www.cavepaper.com/

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