Lillian H. Smith Blog

We have a pretty cool program coming up for the Culture Days programming called BLOCK LETTERS, but I was curious as to what was going on at our other branches.  So I took a look through all the activities and I was impressed with the variety of programs going on in Toronto.  There is pretty much something for everyone.  One that caught my eye was the Wildlife Wood Carving & Painting at McGregor Park Branch.  On Saturday September 29, Charles Weiss will be conducting this interesting program from 2-4 pm. It consists of showing a wood carving of a fish in several steps from start-to-finish.  This will be followed by having the participants try Gyotaku, a Japanese traditional form of fish printing.  This involves using a real fish on rice paper!  I had to look it up because I wasn't familiar with the term, but it looks interesting. 

For those who aren't familiar with the artist, he recently illustrated Fishes Of Toronto, which is one of the very popular books in the City of Toronto Biodiversity Series.

For those who aren't familiar with these little books, they are a well made series that provide information about some of Toronto's wildlife.  I've personally enjoyed reading the Birds of Toronto, Spiders of Toronto and Fishes of Toronto but there are many more titles.  Whenever a new title is released, we usually get a batch of the publication and they disappear pretty fast.  Here at Lillian Smith, we still have some Spiders of Toronto in the branch.  I wonder which one will be released next.  Charles Weiss did a great job illustrating the Fishes Of Toronto and I believe some branches might still have it.  If you want to see the artist in action you should make your way to McGregor Park Branch.