Two sisters, one filament
"Oru" means one in Malayalam. One spool of filament, one little home studio in Kozhikode — and a new story in every box we ship.
Sister One
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Turns "can you make something like…?" into a 3D model, usually before her chai gets cold.
Sister Two
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Runs the printers, tunes every layer, and refuses to ship anything she wouldn't keep.
It started, like most good things in a Malayali home, over tea. One of us wanted a birthday gift that didn't exist in any shop. The other said, "what if we just… made it?" A few weeks later there was a 3D printer humming on the dining table, and the neighbours started asking where the gifts were coming from.
"The dining table became a studio. The hum became our favourite sound."
Today, Oru Filament Story is our little home studio in Kozhikode. Everything is printed to order — no warehouse, no mass production. One of us designs, the other prints and finishes, and both of us argue lovingly about colours. Every box that leaves our house carries something that didn't exist a week before, made for exactly one person.
We mostly print in PLA — a plant-based plastic made from corn starch — because it's sturdy, safe around kids, and kinder to the planet than it has any right to be.
The journey of a print
From a message on WhatsApp to a box at your door — here's what happens in between.
The idea lands
You tell us what you'd love — a product from the shop, a photo to turn into light, or something entirely new.
Designing the model
We sculpt it in 3D on screen, and share a preview with you. Nothing prints until it makes you smile.
Slicing
The model is sliced into hundreds of paper-thin layers — the recipe our printers follow.
Printing
The printer draws your piece with melted filament, layer upon layer. Small things take hours; lamps take a day.
Finishing by hand
Supports come off, edges get smoothed, parts get assembled — and everything passes the sister-approval test.
Packed with care
Bubble wrap, a handwritten note, and off it goes — anywhere in India.