Showing Up

The art pieces that Lizzy created in the movie have been made by artist Cynthia Lahti, who lives in Portland, and whose work writer-director Kelly Reichardt has followed for a long time. She also happened to be a longtime friend of Jonathan Raymond, who is the co-writer of this movie. Her work was on Reichardt's mind as she was writing the movie, but when Reichardt first contacted her, she was on the verge of giving up her career. She trained Michelle Williams in sculpting before filming, and while working on the movie, she found a renewed urge to create. By the end of the shoot, she had created so many new pieces that it became difficult to walk inside her workshop.

In the first scene Eric uses the kiln, he lays Lizzie's freshly glazed pieces directly on the shelves. This would actually ruin the kiln shelves and the pieces while firing as glaze melts when it's hot and transforms into a glass-like matter which would stick to the shelves.

The end credits roll over a shot of an art student weaving on a loom.