PASSAGES (THOSE THAT CARRIED US)

'Passages (those that carried us)' is a series of vessels created from reclaimed wood crates gifted to me by Wing on Wo & Co., the oldest storefront in Manhattan's Chinatown operating since 1890. W.O.W is renowned for its trade in Chinese porcelain ware imported from Asia.

Each crate is meticulously deconstructed, cut into hundreds of individually faceted pieces, and reassembled to resemble the ceramic vessels they once held. This labor-intensive process ensures the preservation of the crates' stampings and markings, serving as tangible traces of their journey from Asia to the United States, symbolically mirroring the migration shared by both the Lum Family at W.O.W and myself.