Ioana Stoian

Ioana Stoian is a British-born paper artist currently residing in New Hampshire with her husband and two young children. She is the author of Origami For All: Elegant Designs from Simple Folds, The Origami Garden, Always be You and Begin One Way: A Children's Book Of Road Signs.

After a five year decorative painting apprenticeship in France during which she attended the prestigious Ecole Van der Kelen, Ioana’s attraction to hands-on learning led her to travel to Japan. There she discovered the art of paper folding, which inspired her to create her own designs and publish her first book Origami for All: Elegant Designs from Simple Folds. Manipulating sheets of paper, Ioana became interested in the medium itself and now creates her own paper for her artistic endeavours.

Since becoming a mother in 2017, Ioana has developed a deep interest in respectful parenting philosophies, in particular the work of child specialist Magda Gerber. She dreams of a future where each and everyone of us can be our true selves.

When Ioana is not dreaming about changing the world, she can be found baking fresh bread, sewing colourful clothes or digging outside in the garden. And wherever she goes, a half empty cup of tea follows.