The Society’s Records

Nora Huyck

← People of the Society · on record 1954–2000

Everything the Society’s own records say of Nora Huyck — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.

In memoriam · May 2006

A Fellow and Honourary Life Member, at Huntsville. Formerly of the Barrie branch; known for nature-themed filigree work.

From Summer 2006.

Standing

Life Member 1989 · Honourary Life Member 1997

Certification

Associate of the CSCL 1954
Fellow of the CSCL 1955

A grande dame of Canadian leathercraft known for nature themes and intricate filigree belts and collars, and a fair, encouraging judge at the Annuals; formerly of the Barrie branch, later of Huntsville. One piece of hers was chosen for “Ontario Crafts – Leather Today”, the Society’s Centennial travelling exhibition: a telephone book cover. The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario) selected the articles; the exhibition opened at the Guild Shop on 2 October 1967 and was to travel across Canada during 1968. She showed two 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. She was made a Life Member of the Society in 1981, presented at the 31st Annual Meeting along with Clara Cavanagh, Viola Harris and Olivia Smith. She made a square for the CSCL Leather Quilt.

From Summer 2006; Fall 1998, page 2; Leather ’74 — exhibition catalogue, Toronto Public Libraries, page 5; 32nd Annual Meeting 1982 — programme, Holiday Inn West, Toronto, page 5; and Fall 1967, page 9.

Served the Society as

1st Assembly Committee - Treasurer 1954
Treasurer c. early 1950s; 1954
2nd Assembly Demonstrator 1955
Chairman Exhibitions Committee 1955–1958
Exhibitions 1957
Vice-President 1960–1963
Chairman of the Council of Fellows 1962
10th Assembly Committee - Exhibits 1964
Executive Council 1964–1967
11th Assembly Demonstrator 1965
Membership Chairman 1968
25th Annual Demonstrator 1975

Honours

Honourary Life Membership 1981
Presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland), Ontario, one of four Life Memberships "to the following long-time members of the C.S.C.U. in recognition of their years of service to the Society." Her 2006 death notice recorded the honour without a date; the contemporary report supplies it. An Honourary Life Member of the Society until her death in 2006.
Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2000
One of 6 CSCL members inducted as Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients at the 50th Annual Meeting for long-time commitment to CSCL, honoured with a short biography read by Membership Chair Madeleine Mitchell.

Awards

Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition 1958
Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition First Prize 1955–1963
Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Honourable Mention 1959–1964
Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Second Prize 1960
Craftsman Award, 11th International Assembly 1965
Craftsman Ribbon 1967–1984
International Assembly Craftsmanship Ribbon 1963–1964
International Assembly Salon Exhibit Honorable Mention 1959
International Assembly Salon Ribbon 1963–1964
Leather '80 Honourable Mention 1980
Ontario Souvenir and Handcraft Competition Recommended 1963
Pacific National Exhibition Prize 1962
Pacific National Exhibition Second Prize 1964
Salon Award 1968–1979
Undecorated Leather 1968

Demonstrations given

Inlay and filigree 1960
10th Annual
From Spring 1960, page 4.
Simple Box Covering 1967
17th Annual
From Spring 1967, page 5.
Covering boxes 1968
18th Annual
From Summer 1968, page 2.
Picture Frames 1971
21st Annual
From Summer 1971, page 2.
Filigree carving (Woodstock Branch, September) 1973
Branch meetings, autumn 1973
From Winter 1973–74, page 4.
Woodstock Branch workshops 1974-75 (instructor) 1975
Workshop, 1975
From Annual Meeting 1975 — programme, Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching.
Purse Patterns and Construction 1976
26th Annual
From Annual Meeting 1976 — programme, West Plains United Church, Burlington.
Inlay and Onlay 1979
29th Annual
From 29th Annual Meeting 1979 — programme, The Continental Inn, Barrie.

Where this comes from

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