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Profile‘My hands are always dirty’: actress Karena Lam on her new pottery obsession, women in film, and why she won’t sing professionally again
- Four years ago, actress Karena Lam started playing with clay – and it ignited a passion for a new form of art that has reshaped her creative identity
- The Hong Kong International Film Festival ambassador talks to the Post about embracing failure as a result of it, amplifying women’s voices in film, and more
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How Taiwanese-Canadian actress Karena Lam stays curious as an artist and a mother
The coronavirus pandemic compelled many of us to embark on journeys of self-discovery and introspection. It led some of us to explore untapped passions, rekindle forgotten dreams and unearth hidden talents.
For Taiwanese-Canadian actress Karena Lam Ka-yan, the past four years have seen her get deep into a new form of art that has reshaped her creative identity – pottery.
“My hands are always dirty and I’m always in the studio,” she says with a laugh when we meet at the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
“During the pandemic, everything just stopped. I felt like when I wasn’t satisfied with the screenplays, when films couldn’t satisfy me creatively, I discovered pottery. So I’ve been really obsessed with it for the past four years.”
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