Lily S. May–Life with Art
This past Sunday I attended an excellent wet felting workshop in Toronto taught by Monika Aebischer. You can see her beautiful work and teaching schedule at http://www.theolivesparrow.com. I had gotten ill for the originally scheduled workshop, so I joined other participants who were learning nuno felting in which they combined silk and felt to create… Continue reading All in One Piece
Last Thursday, March 26th, I went for a walk, winding up in The Beach. The Beach is a neighbourhood in Toronto at its south east end. And, yes, it includes at its southern edge a long stretch of beach along Lake Ontario. The day was grey and drizzly, but it was above zero celsius and after… Continue reading Installation on the Beach
On March 15, I was playing around with the panorama setting on my phone while at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Here's the result from the spiral staircase leading down (in our case) from the top floors. For those of you not from Toronto, the white and black elevated slab is part of the Art… Continue reading View from the Art Gallery
I was downtown today when I remembered that there was an ice sculpture festival in Yorkville this past weekend. Because it's been colder than usual this winter in Toronto, I knew the sculptures would be in excellent shape. And they were. I now realize that photographing ice sculptures isn't easy. The light needs to be… Continue reading Ice Sculptures
Last week while looking through the sketchbook in which I found the artwork for my previous post, I came upon a drawing I had forgotten. A few years ago I used the drawing as a starting point for an oil painting. The painting was, in its style, unlike other work I had done. In the painting,… Continue reading The Road
We are walking in a garden we are blind to though it bears our names. And the suffering, the suffering is great, but the unveiling of the heart is greater. © 2015 Lily S. May
When I was making fabric quilts and appliqués in the '90s, I became interested in old folk dolls and puppets. I made one or two simple puppets at the time. This is one of them. It's a cross between a doll and puppet. The head, which is stuffed with batting, sits on a piece of… Continue reading Playin’ Around
Dreaming of flowers on a day when there's an extreme cold weather alert in Toronto. This small felt appliqué is one I made at the end of last year with merino wool felt. I enjoyed contrasting machine die cut flowers with hand embroidery. Keep warm, people, and dream on!
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