The Companions
Meet your maker guides
FOLDORI products are designed for self-assembly. The four Companions are here to guide you through every step: from choosing your set to the final fold. Each brings a different expertise; together they ensure your assembly is soothing, rewarding, and entirely yours.
Mary, your main support
Mary is the voice you hear first. She greets you on the homepage, answers your questions in chat, and checks in after your order ships. Her register is warm and efficient; she uses plain everyday verbs and skips jargon. Mary owns the FAQ, post-purchase emails, and the support line. When something goes wrong or you need reassurance, Mary is there.
Mary is a fictional FOLDORI companion designed to support every maker.
Miraki, materials and engineering
Miraki explains the paper. He tells you why we chose Fedrigoni Old Mill 250gsm, what long fibers do at the cut edge, and how the Paper Belt mechanism holds layers in tension without glue. His annotations appear on product pages and in the Design Handbook. Miraki's voice is specific; he names grammage, score angles, and fiber length because those details matter.
Miraki is a fictional FOLDORI companion designed to explain the engineering behind every set.
Maïa, color and finish
Maïa curates the palette. She names colors by their material origin: persimmon kakishibu, ai-zome indigo, Hokusai blue. She writes the collection introductions and the color spreads in the Handbook. Maïa's eye is what gives Sunrise Dreams its warm sunset tones and the extensions their distinct moods. Her annotations are brief and sensory.
Maïa is a fictional FOLDORI companion designed to guide you through FOLDORI's color and material choices.
Nicola, assembly and learning
Nicola walks you through the fold. She writes the step-by-step instructions in the Handbook and the "About this technique" sidebars that explain why a score line locks at 38°. Her voice is procedural and patient; she uses verbs like place, rest, score, release. Nicola also writes the technique-history blog posts that connect FOLDORI's methods to centuries of paper craft.
Nicola is a fictional FOLDORI companion designed to guide you through assembly and share the craft's history.
Why fictional companions
The Companions live outside the story world. They are not characters in the Sunrise Dreams tale; they are your guides as you build it. This separation keeps the narrative clear: inside the diorama, you meet Moonsoon, Noelani, and Speeon. Outside, you work with Mary, Miraki, Maïa, and Nicola. One cast tells the story; the other helps you assemble it.
