In 1977, with a grant from the Crafts Council, Tow established a workshop with fellow artists and craftsmen to teach, exhibit, and design in various parts of the United Kingdom.
[2] In 2015, the revamped Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore had its new contemporary project gallery inaugurated by the installation Grains of Thought (2015) by Tow.
[7] Featuring two large ovoid carbon-fibre sculptures covered in acrylic paint, the work sought to "draw attention to rice, life and culture" as the grains are a staple across communities in Asia.
[7] In 2019, Grains of Thought was relocated to Jewel Changi Airport after it was gifted to them by the Asian Civilisations Museum and the National Heritage Board in 2018.
[8] In 2021, Tow's practice was featured as part of the exhibition Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965, with her section titled the sixth sense.
[2] While Tow's early career revolves around textiles, she started developing an interest in printmaking and papermaking in the 1980s with her works since then revealing an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates mixed media.