Paper Jewelry-Making with Origami Techniques

Mayumi Fukuda is a Japanese Brazilian paper jeweler based in Leipzig, Germany. She studied jewelry design at the Centro de Joalharia de Lisboa, and has attended a variety of jewelry and paper making courses in Japan, UK and Germany.

In 2013, she started Mayumi Origami, a jewelry brand that designs their pieces with high-quality Japanese Chiyogami silkscreen paper. Her collections can be found in museums shops across Europe such as the British Museum in the UK, Orient Museum in Portugal, and CODA Museum in the Netherlands. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to lead workshops exploring the Origami jewelry field at the West Dean College in the UK and at the Papierwerk Glockenbach in Germany.