Paul Williams
← People of the Society · on record 1970–1976
The Society’s records
Everything the Society’s own records say of Paul Williams: 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 Paul Stanley Williams
He 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; his work was shown at a Canadian Guild of Crafts exhibition in 1975; and he showed two pieces in the Society's exhibition at the Craft Gallery and Resource Centre of the Ontario Crafts Council, 346 Dundas Street West, Toronto, 2-28 March 1976. With his wife Beverley he kept a studio, gallery and shop in an old general store in Bethany, on the Victoria County Studio Tour, and showed leather wall hangings moulded over hat moulds and masks at the Lindsay Gallery.
From Winter 1971–72, page 10; Leather ’74: exhibition catalogue, Toronto Public Libraries, page 6; Exhibition catalogue 1976: Craft Gallery of the Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, page 4; Fall 1970, page 12; and They turn crafts into works of art.
Awards
- Best Functional 1975
- Best in Show, C.N.E. (Canadian Guild of Crafts) 1971
- Canadian National Exhibition Best Leather in Show 1970
- Leather '74 Honourable Mention 1974
- Leather '76 Honourable Mention 1976
Demonstrations given
- Leatherwork workshops for CSCL members 1970s
WorkshopFrom Ruth Haig: her résumé, prepared for the John Mather Award nomination, 2005.