The Society’s Records
Lara Russell
← People of the Society · on record 1952–1957
Everything the Society’s own records say of Lara Russell — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.
Certification
- Fellow of the CSCL 1953
Bylined "V Lara Russell" on her own "Designing for Leathercraft" article, Fall 1953, p3 — the fullest form of her name printed in the surviving papers.
She tied for second place in the Public Preference Poll at the Shoe and Leather Fair in 1952. A Fellow of the Society from 1953, she wrote on 'Designing for Leathercraft' for the newsletter that year. Her work won a Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Special Mention in 1955 and an International Assembly Salon Exhibit Honorable Mention in 1957.
From Fall 1953, page 3; and Winter 1952–53, page 7.
Awards
- Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Special Mention 1955
- International Assembly Salon Exhibit Honorable Mention 1957
- Shoe and Leather Fair Public Preference Poll, 2nd place (tied) 1952