It Changed My Life: From Redhill to Nasa, then from space to clay

When things don't go as planned, you may get to do new stuff like Nasa research or ceramics

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Wee Hong Ling specialised in remote imaging and was a research fellow at Nasa. But a 10-week course in ceramics and the Sept 11 attacks turned her to the world of art.
Ceramics artist Wee Hong-Ling, who is now based in New York, has had a colourful and eventful journey making different - and sometimes unexpected - life choices.
Ceramics artist Wee Hong-Ling, who is now based in New York, has had a colourful and eventful journey making different - and sometimes unexpected - life choices. ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
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Life often does not give us what we want but that, says Wee Hong-Ling, is not necessarily a bad thing.

The bubbly 50-year-old says: "It could make us explore possibilities we would never have considered, and who knows where that could lead us?"

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 27, 2018, with the headline It Changed My Life: From Redhill to Nasa, then from space to clay. Subscribe