Dave Trotter
← People of the Society · on record 1974–1985
Everything the Society’s own records say of Dave Trotter — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.
Also recorded as David Trotter
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 2017
His work won a Design Canada Craft Award and a Leather '74 Honourable Mention, both in 1974. He showed three pieces at Leather '74, the Society's exhibition at the Toronto Public Libraries' Learning Resources Centre, 666 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, 3-28 June 1974, and three pieces in the Society's exhibition at the Craft Gallery and Resource Centre of the Ontario Crafts Council, 346 Dundas Street West, Toronto, 2-28 March 1976. He co-authored, with Paul Williams, a 20-slide teaching set "Leather Forms" — leather as sculpture, decoration and function, with written descriptions and short biographical sketches of each craftsman shown — available on loan through the Ontario Crafts Council by 1978.
From Summer 1978, page 7; Fall 1974, page 5; Summer 1974, page 4; Leather ’74 — exhibition catalogue, Toronto Public Libraries, page 6; and Exhibition catalogue 1976 — Craft Gallery of the Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, page 6.
Awards
- Design Canada Craft Award 1974
- Leather '74 Honourable Mention 1974
- Leather '76 Honourable Mention 1976
- Moore-Pearsall Leathers Ltd. Award 1985
- Moore-Pearsall Leathers Ltd. Award (Best Use of Leather in a Practical Article) 1985
Demonstrations given
- Colouring, finishing and adding texture to various kinds of leather with dyes and acrylics, and his own home-made tools 2016
66th Annual (Mississauga)From Spring 2016, page 7.
- Guest presenter on colouring, finishes and texture 2016
66th AnnualFrom Spring 2016, page 7; and Registration & Programme, 66th Convention, page 2.