Sean Dalgetty

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Sean Dalgetty

← People of the Society · on record 1999–2025

The Society’s records

Everything the Society’s own records say of Sean Dalgetty: 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 Sean Dalghetty, Sean Delgetty

Branch

Hamilton · member since 1999

Certification

Associate of the CSCL 2001
Fellow of the CSCL 2003
Presented his Fellow Membership at the 53rd Annual, 26 April 2003, by Carol McLean, FCSCL, and Bill Whittingham, FCSCL, on an average of 86.3% for a Carved Rifle Case, a Moulded and Stitched Vase, "Peter's" Swivel Knife Case, and the "Fox" Mask. The 2006 newsletters call him FCSCL throughout.

He showed five pieces at Leather 2004, the Society's biennial juried exhibition at the Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, 2-30 November 2004, with the Hamilton guild. He chaired the Council of Fellows for over a decade before becoming the Society's President in 2024. He showed five pieces at Leather 2000: Fifty Years of Leather Art, the Society’s exhibition in the Grand Hall Gallery of the Woodstock Museum, 466 Dundas St., 20 May to 17 June 2000 (Photo Album with Saddle Motif; Rattlesnake Inlaid Belt; Rattlensake Inlaid Spur Straps; Belt Pouch with Celtic Motif; Waxed Leather Moose Call).

From 66th Annual Meeting: Reports, page 5; Agenda, 74th Annual Meeting, 4 May 2024, page 4; Agenda, 75th Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025, page 6; Leather 2004: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, page 2; and Leather 2000: Fifty Years of Leather Art, Exhibition Programme, Woodstock Museum, page 2.

Served the Society as

President 2023–2025
Director 2010–2016
Hamilton Branch President 2010–2025
Chairman, Council of Fellows 2012–2016
Council of Fellows Chair 2012–2014
President - Council of Fellows 2012
Workshops Committee 2012
2014 Annual Demonstrator 2014
Chairman – Council of Fellows 2016–2022
Council of Fellows (Virtual Judge) 2024

Awards

Best Fellow 2008, 2017, 2025
Best Wearable 2025
Best in Show 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017
CSCL Executive Award 2004, 2008, 2024
CSCL Special Judges Award (originality) 2010
Craftsman Awards 2017
Craftsman Ribbon 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2024
Irva Ford Award 2012
Leather 2004 Honourable Mention 2004
Leather 2008 Honourable Mention 2008
Leather 2010 Honourable Mention 2010
Michigan Soft Leather Award 2024
Moore-Pearsall Award 2000
Moore-Pearsall Award for Best Belt 2000
Ontario Crafts Council Award 2005
Participation Ribbon 2009
Salon Awards 2017
Salon Ribbon 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2024
Toronto Branch Award for Best Wearable Piece 2011
Weston Trophy Winning Piece 2003
Woodstock Heritage Award 2021

Work shown in competition

Demonstrations given

Mask Making Workshop (afternoon) 2006
56th Annual
From Spring 2006, page 5.
4-strand braiding (demonstration, making a dog leash) 2008
58th Annual
From Spring 2008, page 4.
Making a Belt (workshop) 2009
59th Annual
From Spring 2009, page 6.
Tools (demonstration, with Lauchlan Harrison) 2009
59th Annual
From Spring 2009, page 5.
Needle Case (workshop, filled in for another leader who could not attend) 2010
60th Annual
From Spring 2010, page 5.
Harness stitching, the stitching half of the Leather Lacing and Stitching Workshop: harness, butt and back stitch, channelling front and back, the use of pricking irons and the choosing of awl, thread and needle to the stitch length; the hands-on piece was a sewn belt buckle with a keeper loop (Woodstock Art Gallery, 12 Jan 2013) 2013
Workshop, 2013
From Autumn 2012, page 3; and Workshop: lacing and harness stitching, 12 January 2013, page 1.
Leather Box Covering 2014
2014 Annual (Hamilton)
From 64th Annual Convention Weekend, Liuna Gardens, Stoney Creek, 2–4 May 2014: registration flyer (Hamilton Leather Guild).
Making a Lasted Box (workshop, Mississauga, 14 Nov 2015; assisting) 2015
Workshop, 2015
From Autumn 2015, page 4.
Full Spectrum on Technique and ideas for colouring your projects (Sunday workshop, 15 May 2016) 2016
66th Annual (Mississauga)
From Spring 2016, page 8; and 66th Annual Meeting: Reports.
Machine Sewing, part 1 (workshop) 2016
Workshop, 2016
From Spring 2016, page 3.
Workshop (Sunday morning, one of three concurrent workshops) 2018
68th Annual
From Spring 2018, page 12.

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