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Awards and Ribbons (page 2 of 9)

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The awards the Society gave, as its own newsletter defined them, with the members the competition records show receiving them. Where the records name no recipient, none is invented here. Shown here in alphabetical order, split across 9 pages so each stays a reasonable size to load.

Best in Show

Awarded at the Annual meeting. This is selected by the Fellows. The amount given for this award is $50.00 and is paid from the Draw fund. A Bronze Zalitis pin is also awarded.

Recorded recipients

Best in Show, C.N.E. (Canadian Guild of Crafts)

Awarded for the outright best entry in the Canadian Guild of Crafts' leathercraft class at the Canadian National Exhibition.

The 1971 C.N.E. leathercraft exhibition, mounted by the Canadian Guild of Crafts, printed this class simply as "Best in Show". It is recorded here under a longer name because the Society's own Annual Meeting has awarded a Best in Show of its own since at least 1993, chosen by the Fellows and paid from the Draw fund — an entirely separate thing that happens to share three common words. Nothing found in the papers connects the two, and the printed form is kept in as_printed so the page's own wording is not lost.

Recorded recipients

Best Leather Entry

One of the classes at the Canadian Guild of Crafts competition held alongside the C.N.E. leathercraft classes. Sponsored by F.W. Woolworth Co. Ltd. both years it is on record: $100 in 1975 (the 1974 row's own source page does not print a dollar amount, only the sponsor and item). Not confirmed against every other year's page — see the ledger's own caution that this may be the same recurring Woolworth-sponsored slot as 1969's "Best Leather Entry in Show" and 1971's "Best in Show", worded differently by the paper in different years; kept apart here, since nothing on the pages says they are one award.

Recorded recipients

  • Anne Hook 1974 Jar with Lid — prize given by F.W. Woolworth Co. Ltd.
  • Rex Lingwood 1975 — $100 from Woolworths

Best Leather Entry in Show

One of the classes at the 1969 Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario) competition held alongside the C.N.E. leathercraft classes. Sponsored by F.W. Woolworth Co. Ltd., for $50.00.

Recorded recipients

Best Non-Traditional Piece

Awarded for the best entry judged non-traditional in technique or subject, sponsored by the Norland Leather Group.

A newer ($20) award among the Society's standing awards, "sponsored by the Norland Leather Group" per the 2010 published award list. At the 2011 Annual, won by Linda Courtney for "Falling Water House".

Recorded recipients

Best Piece in the Leathercraft Show; Best Functional Piece, C.G.C.

Printed on a page of sketches of prize-winning articles at the 1968 C.N.E. ("of some of the prize-winning articles at the CNE, 1968") rather than on the Canadian Guild of Crafts competition's own clean prize table (which lists Molded Leather, Decorated Leather, Undecorated Leather and "Any leather entry — not a previous winner" as that year's four sponsored classes, each now its own registry entry). Recorded as $100.00, no sponsor named on this page.

Recorded recipients

  • Nan Astley 1968 Handbag/case (soft-sided, strapped), CSCL

Best Wearable

Recorded recipients

Betty Heacock Memorial Award

Awarded for best piece by a new or novice member.

Is given at the Annual for the best piece by a new or novice member. This award was established by her family in 2005, in memory of Betty Heacock. In 2001 she received an Ontario Volunteer Service Award for her 47 years of service with The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft. She was a vital contributing member of the former Barrie and Toronto Branch and then a Member-at-large. Betty, who served as Treasurer on the executive, demonstrated, competed and exhibited throughout the province. Her commitment to leathercrafting helped keep alive this heritage craft.

Recorded recipients

Bramalea Ribbon, Leather '82

Awarded for craftsmanship in pieces entered at the Leather '82 biennial exhibition.

The ribbons awarded at the Leather '82 exhibition itself and presented the following year at the 33rd Annual Meeting by Jean Hunter, whose report calls them the "Bramalea" ribbons, after the place the exhibition was held — distinct from the exhibition's named prizes (Michigan Leather Artisans Award, C.S.C.L. Judges Special Award, etc.) and its six Honourable Mentions, which were reported separately in the 1983 Annual Meeting booklet. Seventeen ribbons, one each, no items printed.

Recorded recipients

British American Oil Company Special Award

Awarded for the outstanding entry featuring "Canadian" design or motif in any of six crafts at the Canadian National Exhibition.

A $100 special award given by the British American Oil Company Ltd. at the Canadian National Exhibition for the outstanding entry featuring "Canadian" design or motif in Ceramics, Leather, Metal, Weaving, Hooking, or Wood Carving. Because it was open to six crafts it was not a leather prize, and the Society reported Endel Ruberg's win in 1959 as the first time it had gone to a leather craftsman.

Recorded recipients

  • Endel Ruberg 1959 Outstanding entry, featuring "Canadian" design or motif, in Ceramics, Leather, Metal, Weaving, Hooking, or Wood Carving, Montreal, P.Q. — $100 from British American Oil Co. Ltd.

Bruce White Award

Awarded for a biennial award.

A biennial award of the Society, in honour of Bruce White.

No recipient is recorded in the surviving records.

C.N.E.

Awarded for not a CSCL award — Robert Muma's own pre-Society competition record.

Printed in the same 1952 "Who's Who" profile of Robert Muma, recalling his record from before the Society's founding: "Received first and second prizes at 1947 CNE..."

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Any carved leather article, commercial design

Awarded for a carved leather article of commercial design.

One of seven leathercraft classes judged at the 1969 Canadian National Exhibition, printed as “1969 C.N.E. PRIZE WINNERS”; the seven fed the Special Chatelaine Magazine Award for Best in Show ($25), won that year by Gladys Riddell for a desk pen set. This class judged a carved leather article of commercial design, as distinct from the same year's original-design carved class. The newsletter prints the year's 1st (Clara Cavanagh), 2nd (Mrs. E. Heacock) and 3rd (Joseph Cupp) placings.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Any carved leather article, original design

Awarded for a carved leather article of original design.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes as “C.N.E. Any carved leather article, commercial design,” judging a carved leather article of original design, as distinct from that class's commercial design. The newsletter prints 1st (Janis Zalitis), 2nd (Gladys Riddell) and 3rd (Clara Cavanagh).

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Any tooled leather article, commercial design — 1st

Awarded for a tooled leather article of commercial design.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes, judging a tooled leather article of commercial design, as distinct from that year's original-design tooled class. Only the 1st placing is printed, won by Clara Cavanagh.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Any tooled leather article, original design

Awarded for a tooled leather article of original design.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes, judging a tooled leather article of original design, as distinct from that year's commercial-design tooled class (see “C.N.E. Any tooled leather article, commercial design — 1st”). The newsletter prints 1st (Muriel McKnight), 2nd (Janis Zalitis) and 3rd (Mrs. L. Monteith).

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 219, Any tooled leather article, commercial design

Awarded for a tooled leather article of commercial design.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 219 judged any tooled leather article of commercial design. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($15), 2nd ($10) and 3rd ($8) prize winners.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 220, Any tooled leather article, original design

Awarded for a tooled leather article of original design.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 220 judged any tooled leather article of original design, as distinct from Class 219's commercial-design tooled article. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($15), 2nd ($10) and 3rd ($8) prize winners.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 221, Any carved leather article, original design

Awarded for a carved leather article of original design.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 221 judged any carved leather article of original design. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($15), 2nd ($10) and 3rd ($8) prize winners.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 223, Non-tooled leather article

Awarded for a non-tooled leather article.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 223 judged any leather article made without tooling. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($15), 2nd ($10) and 3rd ($8) prize winners.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 224, Leather gloves, plain

Awarded for plain leather gloves.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 224 judged plain leather gloves, as distinct from Class 225's fancy gloves. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($10), 2nd ($8) and 3rd ($6) prize winners — a smaller purse than the six other classes' $15/$10/$8.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Class 225, Leather gloves, fancy

Awarded for fancy (decorated) leather gloves.

One of seven leathercraft classes (219–225, class 222 not printed) judged at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1961 and printed in the newsletter as "The C.N.E. 1961 Leathercraft Awards"; the seven together fed the Special Chatelaine Award for Best in Show, donated by Chatelaine Magazine, "Entered in classes 219 to 225 inclusive". The same page reports that, "Owing to the destruction by fire of the Manufacturer's building", the Canadian Handicraft Guild had been "forced to cancel their annual Craft Competitions for 1961" and expected to resume the competitions the next year; these C.N.E. classes are a separate competition and were run. Class 225 judged fancy (decorated) leather gloves, as distinct from Class 224's plain gloves. The 1961 newsletter prints the year's 1st ($10), 2nd ($8) and 3rd ($6) prize winners — a smaller purse than the six other classes' $15/$10/$8.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Competitions 1962 - Leathercraft

Awarded for leathercraft articles entered at the Canadian National Exhibition, judged in separate classes.

The Canadian National Exhibition's 1962 leathercraft competition, printed as a placings table across seven judged classes: Tooled Leather article (Commercial Design and Original Design judged separately), Carved Leather article (also split Commercial Design and Original Design), Non-tooled Leather article (whose first place also carried the Chatelaine Award), and Leather Gloves (fancy and plain, judged separately). No rules notice or judging criteria beyond these class names is printed with the results.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Leather gloves, fancy — 1st

Awarded for fancy (decorated) leather gloves.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes, judging fancy (decorated) leather gloves, as distinct from that year's plain-glove class. Only the 1st placing is printed, won by Dorothy Proctor.

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Leather gloves, plain

Awarded for plain leather gloves.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes, judging plain leather gloves, as distinct from the same year's fancy-glove class (see “C.N.E. Leather gloves, fancy — 1st”). The newsletter prints 1st (Gwen Prestwich), 2nd (Dorothy Proctor) and 3rd (Mrs. P. Bricker).

Recorded recipients

C.N.E. Non-tooled leather article

Awarded for a leather article made without tooling.

One of the same seven 1969 C.N.E. classes, judging a leather article made without tooling. The newsletter prints 1st (Gladys Riddell), 2nd (Olivia Smith) and 3rd (Jessie Strain).

Recorded recipients

C.S.C.L. Award, Judge's Special Choice

Recorded recipients

C.S.C.L. Executive Award for Most Functional Piece

Recorded recipients

Definitions transcribed from the award tables printed in the Canadian Leathercraft. Recipients taken from the Society’s competition records. Some awards were recorded under a shorthand name in one source and a formal name in the other; where the newsletter’s own definition makes the pair unambiguous they are shown here under the formal name.