I'm Andrew Wong, a paper artist based in New Jersey, originally from Hong Kong.

I create layered paper artworks that manipulate light and shadow, transforming paper into sculptural portraits, architectural scenes, and cultural stories.

I make my work for people who appreciate craftsmanship and believe the time, care, and thought behind something made by hand are part of its meaning.

I want each piece to reward attention, revealing more the longer someone spends with it.

9:10

People often ask where the name 10past9 comes from.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, after putting my two boys to bed each night, I'd walk back to my desk at around 9:10 p.m. Those quiet hours became the only part of the day that truly belonged to me. They gave me the chance to make something again, not for work or for anyone else, but simply because I missed creating. Looking back, that was the beginning of my journey back to art.

Before that, I had spent more than a decade in fashion. I studied Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design in New York, with an exchange program in Paris, before working across New York, Hong Kong, Milan, and China. Eventually, creative burnout led me to leave the industry completely.

Ironically, it was my kids who brought me back.

We spent countless hours building pinball machines, skee-ball games, carousels, and all kinds of toys from cardboard boxes. As the projects became more ambitious, I started looking for a material that would let me keep building with greater precision while taking up far less space. That search led me to paper, and I've been building with it ever since.

Although I now work as an artist, I still think like a designer. Every project begins with research. Most start with an opportunity to learn about a person, a place, or a culture I know very little about. Before I make a single cut, I spend time asking questions, reading, listening, and trying to understand what exists beneath the surface. I don't believe meaningful work begins with assumptions. I believe it begins with understanding.

Paper, light, and shadow are the tools I use to tell those stories. Craftsmanship is how I invite people in. Curiosity is what I hope they leave with.

Everything I make begins with a question. If someone spends a little longer with the work, notices something they hadn't seen before, or walks away wanting to learn more, then I've done what I set out to do.