Rex Lingwood
← People of the Society · on record 1971–1976
Everything the Society’s own records say of Rex Lingwood — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.
His work won the Canadian Guild of Crafts' Best Decorated Leather award at the C.N.E. in 1971, a Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition First Prize in 1973, and further honours at Leather '74 and '76, including a Design Canada Craft Award Honourable Mention in 1974. He showed three 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, and three 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. He wrote Leather in Three Dimensions (1980) and the introduction to the leather section of Canada Crafts in 1977 (see Members in print on the Links page).
From Fall 1973, page 10; Fall 1974, page 5; Summer 1974, page 4; Leather ’74 — exhibition catalogue, Toronto Public Libraries, page 5; and Exhibition catalogue 1976 — Craft Gallery of the Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, page 5.
Awards
- Best Decorated Leather 1971
- Best Functional Design in Leather 1974
- Best Leather Entry 1975
- Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition First Prize 1973
- Design Canada Craft Award Honourable Mention 1974
- Leather '74 Honourable Mention 1974
- Leather '76 Award 1976
Demonstrations given
- Leatherwork workshops attended by CSCL members (a noted Canadian leather sculptor) 1970s
WorkshopFrom Ruth Haig — her résumé, prepared for the John Mather Award nomination, 2005.
- Cuir bouilli demonstration and slide show (CSCL's Special Guest; noted leather artist) 2015
65th AnnualFrom Spring 2015, page 8.