Journal

Our Year of the Dragon Ceramics Show, Power as Infinite, ushers in the strength and power of the year of the wood dragon. This year we invited 20+ ceramicists to create functional work to be displayed on our shelves that once held dried herbs for an in-house herbalist. The show's theme POWER was inspired by the year of the dragon and the desire to challenge cultural narratives that have shaped the dragon as a symbol of ruling power, strength, and authority. Inspired by the deep work The W.O.W. Project has been stewarding pushing us to think about unexpected passageways to help...

Photo by Mischelle Moy, Model Eddy Kwon Blog Post by Carolyn E Lau  ______________________________________________________ Wing on Wo’s second artist line INFINITE BEGINNINGS centers on the theme of protection and transformation, exploring the ways in which decorative objects can act as armor — balancing softness and strength in how Asian femmes move through our everyday. Inspired by Chinese creation mythologies and Author K-Ming Chang‘s breathtaking myth, our collection is grounded in this idea of repetition and ritual in one’s journey of finding their own power and strength. On November 12, 2022, we premiered video portraits in-store inspired by our collection in...

By Carolyn E. Lau Infinite Beginnings is Wing on Wo’s interactive printed matter that immerses the viewer in a mythical journey of self transformation. Illustrated by Singha Hon and inspired by K-Ming Chang’s very own mythical narrative written for Wing on Wo’s second artist line, Infinite Beginnings, the viewer is shown the breadth of self-survival in the world of water, fire, earth, and sky, and the ways we find glimmers of power and strength through moments of struggle and doubt, expansion and collapse much like how we move in our everyday. This visual publication prompts the viewer to place themselves...

Join us Saturday, August 27th from 1-4pm in Columbus Park as Wing on Wo and The Met Museum present ✨INFINITE BEGINNINGS✨ a mythical narrative by writer K-Ming Chang turned breathtaking visual parable. Illustrated by Singha Hon, Infinite Beginnings is Wing on Wo’s very own visual publication presenting an allegorical thangka that grounds the viewer in a mythical journey of self-inquisition paired with prompts for self reflection. Our August 27th program will include a reading of K-Ming’s narrative, and a portal into this mythical world of grounding and transformation through a Qi Gong movement workshop by Lingji Hon, and a rest and collective dreaming space featuring...

Photo by Mischelle Moy Wing on Wo & Co.’s Asian American Ceramicists Fair honors Grandmother Nancy’s legacy of over fifty years of beautifully hand-painted porcelain and ceramics hand-picked and sourced from Hong Kong with love, while also seeking to uplift the emerging Asian American ceramicists community. This fair is both a celebration of W.O.W.’s roots and the future of Asian American artists. Now in its fourth iteration, the Ceramicists Fair returns to integrate textiles as a medium. Bringing together exclusively Asian American femme and non-binary artists, the fair represents over 60 works by 6 artists, directed by W.O.W.’s fifth-generation owner, Mei...

Photo by Nate Brown By Carolyn E. Lau Wing on Wo & Co. debuts our artist line, which includes thematic collections made in collaboration with Asian American artists, ceramicists, and creatives. Each collection will take on a specific theme using porcelain and W.O.W.’s catalog of traditional porcelain patterns as an expression and medium to answer questions that connect narratives of identity and history to our present: how can we decolonize Chinese porcelain patterns and reinterpret them for our own Asian diasporic community? How can ceramic vessels encourage us to make our daily rituals sacred? How does iconography and symbols we...