Twenty years ago Beth and Richard Myers purchased this stack from me at Ceramic Showcase — the biggest all pottery show in the U.S. They recently sent the nicest note and this photo just a couple weeks after this year’s edition of Showcase.

It is always great to see where pieces become placed — in this case at their front entrance. They have taken great care to keep it clean and bright! Their tip: using a little Johnson’s Paste Wax on it after washing it with dish soap.

As I wasn’t able to attend Showcase this year due to some long-overdue travel to visit friends and family, I greatly appreciated this connection and blast from the past arriving right after we returned home.

Got invited to be in this online international women’s art publication. They did a nice job with my images.

http://issuu.com/lieslmarelli/docs/women_in_art_278_december_issuu/47?e=2826034/5825830

I’m in the show West Coast Woodfire at the Chehalem Cultural Center June 21, through August 23, 2013. Pleased to be in such good company with some other wonderful potters.

Friday August 23 there is a woodfire conference being held in conjunction with the show, with a closing reception and festivities to follow.

The Chehalem Cultural Center was rescued from demolition, earthquake retrofitted and renovated into a beautiful public space for the arts. Renovation is ongoing, but it already houses lovely gallery and pottery studio spaces as well as other music, dance and media rooms. It is a model for a community coming together to get the funding to create a remarkable space dedicated to the arts. Well worth a visit.