Lauchlan Harrison

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Lauchlan Harrison

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This is the Society’s own record of Lauchlan Harrison. A biography: Leather 2013 · In Their Own Words →

The Society’s records

Everything the Society’s own records say of Lauchlan Harrison: 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 Lauch Harrison

Branch

Hamilton · member since 2000

Certification

Associate of the CSCL 2003
Presented his Associate Standing and the Zalitis Pin at the 53rd Annual, 26 April 2003, by Carol McLean, FCSCL, and Bill Whittingham, FCSCL, on an average of 82.2% for a Black Stitched Satchel, Dyed Belt, Laced Picture Frame and Trapper's Mitts. Still an Associate as of 12 January 2013 (cscl-workshop-lacing-and-stitching-2013, workshop leader bio), consistent with the other mentions on file from 2012-2017.
Fellow of the CSCL before 2019
Still printed ACSCL (Associate) as of Winter 2011-2012 (canadian-leathercraft-winter-2011-2012-newsletter-by-cscl p7, byline "Lauch Harrison ACSCL") and again 25 October 2014 (canadian-leathercraft-fall-2014-newsletter-by-cscl p3), narrowing the window to 2012-2019. Also still ACSCL on 19 March 2017 (see the note to the Associate entry).

A Hamilton Branch member who showed five pieces at Leather 2004, the Society's biennial juried exhibition at the Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, 2-30 November 2004, with the Hamilton guild; was one of the nine members whose work was shown in Leather 2013: Creative Versatility at the Woodstock Art Gallery, 12 January to 2 March 2013, each writing about their own pieces in the exhibition’s own pages; and was the author of the Continuation Committee's 2025 report on the Society's future.

From Spring 2006; January–April 2023; Continuation Committee final report, 2025; Leather 2013, Creative Versatility: the exhibition brochure, with the exhibitors’ statements; and Leather 2004: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, page 2.

Held the Society's professional stamp No. III, issued in 2008. The register prints the name “Lauch Harrison”.

From Register of professional stamps, May 2012.

Served the Society as

President 2006–2023
Past President 2008–2025
1st Vice-President 2004–2018
2nd Vice-President 2014–2016
Workshops 2014–2023
Hamilton Branch President 2003–2008
Teaching Standards 2005–2022
Workshops Committee 2010–2016
2014 Annual Demonstrator 2014
Privacy Officer 2016–2025
Secretary of the Council of Fellows 2023
Council of Fellows (Virtual Judge) 2024
Editor 2024–2026
Secretary 2025

Honours

Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2006
Named a 2006 Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipient (5 years of service) among five CSCL nominees that year; biographies of all five recipients were to follow in future newsletters.

Awards

Best in Show 2025
CSCL Executive Award (most functional article) 2010
Craftsman Ribbon 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Irva Ford Award 2006
Leather 2004 Honourable Mention 2004
Michigan Leather Artisans Award for Best Soft Leather or Colour 2004
Participation Ribbon 2009
Robert Muma Award 2025
Salon Ribbon 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2021
Woodstock Heritage Award 2012
Zalitis Pin 2003

Work shown in competition

Demonstrations given

Woodsman Mitts (CSCL Fall Workshop notice, Hamilton, 30 Sept 2000) 2000
Workshop, 2000
From Spring/Summer 2000, page 11.
A Picture Frame workshop, continued through the afternoon 2003
53rd Annual
From Spring 2003, page 4.
Basic Tool Use Workshop (with Peter Grove, Hamilton, 22 Nov 2003) 2003
Workshop, 2003
From Winter 2003–04, page 2.
Picture Frame workshop (continued into the afternoon) 2003
53rd Annual
From Spring 2003, page 4.
Mitt Workshops (with Peter Grove) 2005
55th Annual
From Spring 2005, page 3.
Mitt workshop at the Woodstock Museum 2006
Woodstock Branch, 2005-06
From Annual General Meeting minutes, 28 April 2006, page 4.
Tools (demonstration, with Sean Dalgetty) 2009
59th Annual
From Spring 2009, page 5.
Sharpening an Awl (demonstration) 2010
60th Annual
From Spring 2010, page 5.
What the Judges Look For (talk, Friday evening) 2011
61st Annual
From Spring 2011, page 4.
Lacing, the lacing half of the Leather Lacing and Stitching Workshop: Spanish-type buckle covering over two loops and over one, taken from Bruce Grant's Leather Braiding, with lace cutting and beveling; the hands-on piece was a lace-covered buckle (Woodstock Art Gallery, 12 Jan 2013) 2013
Workshop, 2013
From Winter 2012–2013, page 4; and Workshop: lacing and harness stitching, 12 January 2013, page 1.
Covering and stitching a belt buckle (Saturday workshop) 2014
64th Annual
From Spring 2014, page 4.
Leather Covered Belt Buckles 2014
2014 Annual (Hamilton)
From 64th Annual Convention Weekend, Liuna Gardens, Stoney Creek, 2–4 May 2014: registration flyer (Hamilton Leather Guild).
Making a Lasted Box (workshop, Mississauga, 14 Nov 2015; assisting) 2015
Workshop, 2015
From Autumn 2015, page 4.
Full Spectrum on Technique and ideas for colouring your projects (Sunday workshop, 15 May 2016) 2016
66th Annual (Mississauga)
From Spring 2016, page 8; and 66th Annual Meeting: Reports.
Leather Waxcoated Mug Blackjacks & Leather Bottells (instructor, Norland, 8 Apr 2017) 2017
Workshop, 2017
From Spring 2017, page 3.
Making a hinged box: “nobody left till they were completed” 2017
CSCL Workshop, Norland, November 2017
From 69th Annual Meeting: Reports, page 6.
Making leather mugs 2018
CSCL Workshop, Norland, 8 April 2018
From 69th Annual Meeting: Reports, page 6.
Workshop (Sunday morning, one of three concurrent workshops) 2018
68th Annual
From Spring 2018, page 12.
Sharpening: head knife, French edger, round edger and shears (workshop, held in Norland: the Norland Public Library in the report as Lauch Harrison and Jimmy Wilkes signed it, the Norland School Hall Community Centre in the same report as printed in the 2020–21 Annual reports) 2019
CSCL Workshop, Norland, October 2019
From 70th and 71st Annual Meeting: reports, 8 May 2021 (another copy), page 8; and Workshop Committee report, 2021, page 1.
A hinged box in 5/6 oz veg-tan leather, with alcohol dyes: a design created by David Trotter and perfected by David McPherson 2025
CSCL Workshop, Norland, 1 March 2025
From Workshop: the Norland Hinged Box, page 1.

Where this comes from

Life and work

From the biography Lauchlan Harrison supplied for the brochure of the Society's Leather 2013 exhibition.

Background: By 2013 he had been working with soft leather, sheepskin and fur for 25 years. His involvement with the Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft introduced him to vegetable tanned leathers.
Work: His interest in one-piece patterns led to mitt designs especially useful for sheepskin. In 2013 bottle covering and drinking vessels were capturing his interest, and he was using more alcohol based dyes to give more colour to his work.

From the biography “Leather 2013 · In Their Own Words”.

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