W.K. An is an active fibre artist and rug designer who holds a B.F.A degree from South Korea and a Diploma in Fibre Art from Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD). As a fibre artist she received an Exhibition Assistance Grant and a Craft Artist Grant from the Ontario Crafts Council. She was also awarded the Kingscraft/Lady Flavelle Award and Mary Diamond Butts Award in Embroidery through the Ontario Crafts Council. She has participated in juried exhibitions and received the Yarns Plus Award from Ontario Handweavers & Spinner Guild and Juror's Award from Society of Canadian Artists. She draws inspiration from images, colours and textures of nature and expresses these inspirations through use of an innovative combination of traditional felting and embroidery techniques and stitched construction, creating richly detailed pieces.