Dear Family & Friends,

Anna X L Wong, prolific artist, long time Berkeley teacher & longer time Mother of Nine Pound Shadow, is having a showing of her quilts & ceramics on:

Friday evening, September 19th from 7PM to 9:30PM only.

It all happens at:
TEANCE FINE TEAS
1780 4th Street (4th Street Shopping area between PEET’S and CAFE ROUGE)
Berkeley, CA. 94710
(510)524-2832

This is a ONE DAY ONLY show so we’re hoping you can come by and say hello.
The whole family will be there so we can all catch up and there’s plenty of great places to grab a bite to eat nearby.

The attachment is a “little show poster”..so PASS IT ON to anyone who might like to stop by.

Description of the show

Using clay and fabric as foundations, a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes
and lines are arranged to create designs that are exciting, interesting,
thought provoking and eye catching as well.

Biography

Anna Xl Wong is a teacher and an artist.  She has been creating her art in
a variety of forms practically her entire life.  Anna has also employed her art
as a useful, successful and inspiring tool in her Berkeley Chinese Bicultural
kindergarten class for the last 18 years.
Besides currently working with clay and fabric, she also enjoys working
with beads, yarn, paper and various medium for drawing and painting.

Looking foward to seeing you soon.
Love to All,
The Langlois Family

Recently we had an interesting thing happen at New Pieces.  A customer came in and mentioned that she was going back East to help a family member who was suffering from Postpartum Depression.  She just happened to be talking with Becky at the time.  Postpartum Depression (PPD) is an illness that is close to Becky’s heart.

Here is Becky’s  story:

I got a phone call the day after Christmas 20 some years ago.  My sister, who had four kids, (the youngest was 5 months old) had taken her life.  None of the family even had an idea that she was having serious problems with postpartum depression.  Unfortunately we found out too late to help her and her kids.  I also have a sister who is a nurse and she has dedicated her career to helping women with this problem find support.  Two years ago, with the help of New Pieces staff, I was able to make a quilt dedicated to those women and family members who have died due to PPD.  The quilt was given to an organization called Postpartum Support International.  My sister works extensively with the group and I have also had experience with it.  It is an excellent organization and is a definite resource for any woman or family that suspects PPD.  They have a great website  - just google “Postpartum Support International” and they come up. http://postpartum.net/

My request to anyone who knows of someone who may be suffering from Postpartum Depression is that you check out this organization or call me and I will see what I can do to help.  If I can save  just one woman and family from the tragedy that our  family has gone through,  I would be pleased.  Consider me a resource for this illness, please. Love, Becky

Welcome to the New Pieces blog.

Gloria Hansen of Gloderworks has been at work to get us going into the blog age.

We look forward to keeping you posted on our latest goings on.

Check back often.

Sharona