Nan Astley
← People of the Society · on record 1967–1971
Possibly the same person: E. Astley →
The Fall 1970 Canadian National Exhibition prize list, p12, credits “E. Astley” with a Lewiscraft credit note for undecorated leather. Nan Astley, an Associate of the Society from 1968 and a Fellow from 1969, is also recorded as Elizabeth Astley: the 1968 best leather entry prints “Mrs. Elizabeth Astley, Scarboro” and a Salon Award of those years “Mrs. Elizabeth Astley, Toronto”. E. Astley is very likely that same Elizabeth Astley, but the 1970 list gives no town and no given name.
The Society’s records
Everything the Society’s own records say of Nan Astley: 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 Elizabeth Astley
Branch
Toronto · first recorded holding office in 1969
Certification
- Associate of the CSCL 1968
- Fellow of the CSCL 1969
Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting, Hamilton, by Mrs. Clara Cavanaugh, who had received her Associate the year before, 1968 (1969-spring p1).
Her work won a Canadian Guild of Crafts Competition First Prize in 1968.
From Spring 1969; and Summer 1971.
Held the Society's professional stamp No. XLIV, issued in 1968. The register prints the name “Elizabeth Astley”.
From Register of professional stamps, May 2012.
Served the Society as
- 15th Assembly Demonstrator 1969
- Toronto Branch Secretary 1969
- Executive Council 1970–1971
Awards
- Best Piece in the Leathercraft Show; Best Functional Piece, C.G.C. 1968
- Canadian National Exhibition Best Leather Entry 1968
- Craftsman Ribbon 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
- Salon Award 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Demonstrations given
- Expandable Belts 1971
21st AnnualFrom Summer 1971, page 2.