The Society’s Records

Paul Kitchener

← People of the Society · on record 1984–2025

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

This is the Society’s own record of Paul Kitchener. A biography: Newest Fellow, 2007 →

Also recorded as Paul (surname not given)

Standing

Society Member 1988

Branch

Mississauga · member since 2002

Certification

Associate of the CSCL 2006
Fellow of the CSCL 2007
A year after his 2006 Associate standing and Zalitis Pin, also for a mark of 88.5% on that occasion's four articles.

A Mississauga Branch member and Fellow since 2007 who has served as the Society's Librarian for many years, and before that three terms as the Mississauga Branch's own President, 2005–07. He showed four pieces at Leather 2004, the Society's biennial juried exhibition at the Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, 2-30 November 2004, with the Mississauga guild. He was presented a Life Membership at the 2024 Annual Meeting for those years of service and for the use of his facilities by the Society’s members and workshops.

From Spring 2006, page 18; and Leather 2004 — Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, page 2.

Served the Society as

2nd Vice-President 2008–2010
Librarian 2014–2025
Mississauga Branch Vice-President 1984
Mississauga Branch President 2003–2019
Archivist 2008
Director 2010–2016

Honours

Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2007
Ontario Volunteer Service Award, presented in 2007; also named CSCL's newest Fellow that year.
Zalitis Pin 2006
Awarded with his Associate standing at the 56th Annual, for an average mark of 88.5% on his four submitted articles (Purse 81%, Eagle Picture 88.5%, Belt 87.2%, Riding Boots 97.2%), presented by David McPherson. Also became CSCL's 2006 Associate Member the same weekend.
Life Membership 2024
Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting at Lindsay, Ontario, alongside Della Chynoweth's Life Membership, in recognition of his years of service and of his support and the use of his facilities by the Society's members and workshops.

Awards

Best in Show 2002–2016
Craftsman Ribbon 2002–2016
Judges' Critique 2006
Leather 2004 Honourable Mention 2004
Leather 2008 Honourable Mention 2008
Moore-Pearsal Award for Best Carving 2004
Moore-Pearsall Award 2008
Participation Ribbon 2009
Robert Muma Award 2007–2016
Salon Ribbon 2002–2016
Wearable Award 2016
Woodstock Heritage Award 2014
Zalitis Pin 2006

Demonstrations given

Carving and Tooling Techniques (demonstration) 2002
52nd Annual
From Summer 2002, page 3.
Carving techniques (hawk picture demonstration) 2003
53rd Annual
From Spring 2003, page 3.
Colour Techniques (demonstration) 2005
55th Annual
From Spring 2005, page 4.
Embossing Techniques (Friday evening demonstration) 2006
56th Annual
From Spring 2006, page 3.
Cowboy Boots (presentation, per his own Editor tribute) 2007
57th Annual
From Spring 2007, page 2.
Jewelry Workshop (with Peter Grove, The Leather Factory, Mississauga, 24 Feb 2008) 2008
Workshop, 2008
From Winter 2007–2008, page 4.
Making a Lasted Box (workshop, Mississauga, 14 Nov 2015) 2015
Workshop, 2015
From Autumn 2015, page 4.
Leather Waxed Mug Workshop (25 Sep 2016, hosted at his own location) 2016
Workshop, 2016
From Fall 2016, page 3.
The embossed eagle's head printed in the Winter newsletter — taught over two meetings 2017
Norland Branch meetings, September and October 2017
From 69th Annual Meeting — Reports, page 6.

Where this comes from

This name in the index of people →