Brass Tea Scoops
Growing up in both America and Singapore has shaped Winona’s work to reflect the concepts of two cultures crossing over — focusing on her Chinese heritage, through the lens of utility, protection, decoration, and tactility. She aims to explore more about her cultural background through an eclectic range of artistic practices from video-making, hobby TTRPG dice-making, and music to fine-art, metalsmithing, and computer-aided design. She completed her BFA at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2019. Her work has been presented in We Are SNAG: Appropriated Adornment — online exhibition (2018), Matter of Course — Oregon College of Art and Craft in association with SNAG(2018), the 2018 Student Commission Award for Art on the Vine, and the online student exhibition for the Enamelist Society (2018).
Winona currently resides and practices in Portland, Oregon, working full-time as a stop-motion animation puppet-fabricator/armaturist, teaching workshops in the evenings and weekends, and pursuing personal craft and hobby TTRPG dice-making on her days off.