Are you a printmaker looking for a fun and inspiring way to spend your weekend? Print Day in May is an annual, global celebration of printmaking taking place on the first Saturday in May and is open to all.

Print Day in May 2025 is Saturday, May 3rd

Printmakers celebrate Print Day in May in print shops, studios, kitchens, on beaches, and on sidewalks all over the world. For 24 hours, as the day unfolds around the globe, participants in over 80 countries join in this powerful celebration of creativity. At the end of the day, printmakers share their work on social media and on the PDIM website, with thousands of others, creating a chain of community printmaking around the world.

PDiM2024 The JPP prize winner Gina McDonald, "Nest", etching and gold leaf on Ginwashi 48gsm paper

Our sponsorship for Print Day in May

For over forty years, The Japanese Paper Place has been committed to the ideal of encouraging creativity with the finest quality Japanese papers — decorative and natural, sheets and rolls, all made in Japan.

In recent years, the preservation of traditional papermaking has become of increased concern. The influence of large industry, a lack of available labour, and the undeniable impact of the climate crisis have affected traditional papermaking. To raise awareness of these challenges, and to help preserve the papermakers' craft, and way of life, The Japanese Paper Place founder, Nancy Jacobi, has coined the term, Heritage Washi. We use this term to describe those Japanese papers that are still handmade by skilled crafts persons using the earth-friendly techniques and materials of their ancestors. Made without the use of harsh chemicals additives or bleach, the resulting papers papers are very strong, absorbent, sustainable, and archival.

You can help support the papermakers, and the continuation of their craft by using Heritage Washi in your work. You will be doing your work, the papermakers, and the earth a favour.

Heritage washi: the finest quality made with traditional methods.

Participating in Print Day in May

1. Register on the PDiM website: printdayinmay.com/register
2. Follow @printdayinmay and @thejppofficial
3. Make print on May 3rd, 2025, post your work on social media, and explore other artists’ activities and their works from all over the world.

Submit your artwork for a chance to win The JPP Prize

As part of our sponsorship of Print Day in May, we’re thrilled to offer The JPP Prize—awarded to the best print made with Japanese paper. Submit your work and win a $300 assortment of washi!

How to win The JPP prize:

1. On May 3rd, 2025, make a print on Japanese paper
2. Post your work on Instagram and tag the image with: @printdayinmay and @thejppofficial
3. In the caption, include the name of the paper, technique used, size of the print, @printdayinmay and @thejppofficial
4. The winner to be announced on our Instagram (@thejppofficial) and on the PDiM website
   
   

Print Day in May 2025

Date & Time: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025  All Day 
More details: printdayinmay.com