Kyoko Ibe is a leading Japanese designer and artist who’s been involved in the history and use of the Japanese paper for over 30 years. Meanwhile being praised and awarded with a lot of national and international prices, Kyoko Ibe set the standard for the use and preparation of the Japanese paper.

Because of her fascination for elements of nature the artwork of Kyoko covers a lot of natural movements like wind and clouds. For years already Kyoko Ibe’s been manager of the Japan Paper Academy, professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology and author of numerous publications on Japanese paper and present paper-art.