Washi tape is a decorative, low-tack masking tape made from paper. It is slightly translucent, easy to tear by hand, and repositionable without damage on most surfaces, including delicate watercolour paper.

Is washi tape biodegradable?

Yes. Art by JLM washi tape is made from FSC-certified paper with a cardboard inner core. Both are home-compostable.

What can I use washi tape for?

Washi tape is ideal for journaling, scrapbooking, planners, card making, crafts, gift wrapping, decorating notebooks and stationery, masking watercolour paper, and even jewellery. You are limited only by your imagination.

How do New Zealand businesses use washi tape?

Kiwi businesses often use native bird washi tape to wrap orders, adding a uniquely New Zealand touch for local and international customers.

Does Art by Judi Lapsley Miller sell washi tape wholesale?

Yes. Art by JLM sells native bird washi tape wholesale to galleries, gift shops, and retailers across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Where do Judi Lapsley Miller's washi tape designs come from?

All designs are based on original bird artworks by Judi Lapsley Miller, often combined with native butterflies, moths, insects, and flowers.

Which native birds feature on washi tape?

Designs include tūī, pīwakawaka (fantail), ruru (morepork), kererū (NZ pigeon), kiwi pukupuku, and kākā. Each bird comes from Judi Lapsley Miller’s photo-artistic fine artworks.

Can I get larger versions of the birds on Judi's washi tape?

Yes. Most birds featured on the washi tape are also available as fine art prints from https://www.artbyjlm.com.

Where can I buy native bird washi tape?

You can buy New Zealand bird washi tape online at https://www.artbyjlm.com/washi, and in retail outlets such as Zealandia EcoSanctuary and Te Papa Museum of New Zealand gift shop.

What colours are available?

The tapes come in a range of colours including dusky purple, lavender pink, ginger spice, silvery blue, matcha green, and verdigris blue.

Is washi tape reusable?

Yes. Washi tape can be peeled off and reused multiple times, depending on the surface and how carefully it is removed.

What size are the rolls?

Each roll is 20 mm (2 cm) wide and 10 m long.

Bird Art Washi Tape (NZ Native)

Washi tape for all native bird lovers, journalers, diarists, crafters, scrapbookers, and artists! The perfect stocking stuffer and pick-me-up treat.

Designed in Aotearoa New Zealand by bird-nerd artist Judi Lapsley Miller
Six designs to choose from
Generous 20mm (2cm) wide tape (wider than usual) x 10 metre rolls
Made from FSC-certified paper, with a cardboard core (no plastic shrink-wrap)

Washi designs

Ruru: morepork owl portraits, moons, and pepe tuna pūriri moth nocturnal motifs are set on a smoky grey lavender background.

Tūī: stunning iridescent tūī flit and fly amongst kōtukutuku tree fuchsia flowers on a lavender-pink background.

Pīwakawaka: tiny fantails fly loop-de-loops amongst mānuka blossoms and pepe ao uri/blue butterflies. The verdigris blue-green background complements the fantails' copper feathers.

Kererū: quizzical native pigeons strike poses and show off in aerial displays. Set on a matcha-green background with spangles of lime-yellow pōānanga/Forster's clematis flowers.

Kākā: cheeky native parrots and butterflies swoop across a ginger-spice background, along with ngūtukākā blossoms.

Kiwi: the cutest kiwi pukupuku/little-spotted kiwi fossick across this silvery blue tape, interspersed with their giant eggs (which are a quarter the size of their bodies!), powellephantia snails, Cook Strait giant wētā, and kawakawa leaves.

What is washi tape?

Washi is super-cute, low-tack, decorative masking tape. Washi tape inspires creativity and adds a special touch to paper crafts. Use it to jazz up your journal, add to your craft project, pep up your day planner, augment your scrapbook, wrap gifts, mask artworks (especially watercolours), and stylise your stationery stash.

Washi is easy to tear by hand or cut with a dispenser. The tape is semi-translucent and, although sticky, is easy to remove from most surfaces without damage or residue, including delicate watercolour paper.

Eco-creds

Eco-friendly washi tape is made from paper and comes on a cardboard inner core. Both are biodegradable and compostable. Washi tape is an excellent alternative to sellotape. Your washi order is sent in recycled plastic or compostable mailers.

Ideas & uses

Journaling and planners • Scrapbooks • Pen-pal mail and envelopes • Gift wrapping and tags • Art journals and mixed media • Decorating notebooks and photos