Origami art studio · Indore, India

Folded by women's hands.
Lit by your imagination.

Handmade origami lamps, paper sculpture, gift boxes and hanging installations, from a small box to an airport-scale artwork. Every piece is folded by women artisans, and every order helps a woman earn her own living.

8 yearsof origami practice
~200students taught
Any sizesmall box to installation
Worldwideshipping & commissions
What we make

Paper, folded into light and form

Our range is not limited. If you can imagine it, Richa can design and fold it.

Watch the craft

Every fold is made by hand

From a flat sheet of paper to a glowing, dimensional piece, no moulds and no machines. Watch Richa fold a pleated lamp from start to finish.

Selected work

Pieces that make a room

Pleated origami lamp glowing amber with a zigzag lower edge
Pleated amber lamp
Tall cone-shaped kraft paper sculpture folded in the studio
Kraft cone sculpture
Three stacked amber origami pendant lamps glowing in the dark
Stacked amber pendants
Starburst origami lamp seen from below, glowing orange
Starburst lamp
Orange and yellow pleated origami planters with snake plants on a terrazzo floor
Pleated planters
Handmade origami gift box with a red folded poinsettia flower on top
Poinsettia gift box
Two hand-folded origami pendant lamps in warm amber light
Hanging lamp pair
Wall installation of origami paper pinwheels in many colours on a net
Wall installation
Pink diamond-faceted origami planter holding bamboo
Faceted planter
Yellow pleated origami lantern glowing in a red-lit room
Lantern lamp
Maroon and pink customised origami gift box with folded flower lid
Customised gift box
Custom commissions

Your idea, folded into reality

Hotels, offices, museums, airports, events and interior designers: tell us what you imagine and we will make it possible.

Hand sketching a design idea on paper1

Share your idea

What, where, how big and by when.

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Handmade paper swatches in sage, white and blush, used to choose colour and texture2

Concept & sample

Richa develops the design and a quote.

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Hands folding white paper by hand3

Hand-folded

Made by our trained team of women.

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A sealed cardboard box ready to ship4

Delivered

Packed to travel, shipped worldwide.

Planned, made, installed

Light that fits your space

Richa designs, manufactures and installs. Watch a cluster of hand-folded pendants go up in a lounge, ready to glow.

Two women smiling at an origami exhibition stall
Our mission

Every piece we sell puts a woman's skill to work.

Richa teaches origami to girls and women across India, then gives orders to her students, so a craft becomes an independent income. Each commission helps us train and employ more women.

Learning together

A craft that is taught, not hoarded

Richa has taught approximately 200 students in sessions at colleges and institutes in Indore. She believes the art should travel, and that the people who learn it should be paid for it.

Richa Pradhan teaching origami pleating to a student, sketching the fold pattern on a table of pleated paper
The founder

Richa Pradhan

Trained as a fashion designer in Indore in 2011, Richa taught herself origami and turned it into a business in 2018. Eight years later she is taking hand-folded Indian paper art to the world, and bringing more women with her.

On Instagram

@richa_origami

Two hand-folded origami pendant lamps in warm amber lightPink origami planter next to a glass jarStar-hexagon origami lamp hanging above a man readingMaroon and pink customised origami gift box with folded flower lidRicha Origami exhibition stall with colourful hand-folded lamps hanging overheadOrange and yellow pleated origami planters with snake plants on a terrazzo floor
Let's make something

Tell us what you imagine

Send a quote request or message Richa directly. We reply within one to two working days.

Request a quote

Four quick answers are enough to begin. Richa replies within 1–2 working days.

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