Dave Trotter
← People of the Society · on record 1974–2016
The Society’s records
Everything the Society’s own records say of Dave Trotter: the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won. Where the records are silent, so is this part of the page.
Also recorded as David Trotter
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 2017
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 and programme, 66th Annual Convention, 2016, page 2.