[2][3] It was there that she became proficient in the clay medium, in part by studying under Maija Grotell, a Finnish ceramicist considered the "Mother of American Ceramics.
"[4] Following what she called a "transformative" graduate program, Woo spent part of the 1960s in Southeast Asia; this would mark the beginning of a lifetime commitment to the traditions of Asian ceramics.
[4] She spent this time exploring kiln sites in remote villages,[5] amassing a collection of folk pieces based in the tradition of unfired clay.
But unfired clay forms, when exposed to the natural elements, become slowly transformed, reclaimed and absorbed back to the earth, a metaphor for life.
Together they have a son, Ian, a corporate pilot, and a daughter, Leslie Raymond, who is the director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.