My name is Vichai Malikul and this is a fruit carving by my wife. I came from Thailand in 1967 and started working as a Scientific Illustrator at the National Museum of Natural History.  In 1986, my wife Nit & I organized the first NMNH/Asian Arts & Crafts Demonstration Day. We began, only a few Asian Pacific American craftspeople participated—Thais, Laotian, Indonesian and Chinese. Over the years it grew like wildfire encompassing many Asian-Americans from different countries. It has been a great achievement to see all these talented people come together and show their heritage wares and beautiful techniques and skills.