Arounna Khounnoraj

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Arounna Khounnoraj is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, teacher and author. Khounnoraj immigrated with her family to Canada from Laos as a child. studied at the Ontario College of Art and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. Khounnoraj operates Bookhou, a Toronto-based business, with her husband John Booth. Launched as a studio in 2002, the couple opened a storefront in 2008 and operate as an online retailer. Specializing in home decor and accessories, the couple produce and sell items such as bags, furniture, artwork and ceramics. The name of the store is a portmanteau of the couple's surnames. It operates out of a building owned by the couple where they live with their two children. Khounnoraj is credited with generating a renewed interest in punch needle embroidery after a video she posted utilizing the technique went viral. Read more

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