People of the Society
← History & Records · 127 members named in the Society’s own records
Everyone here is named from the Society’s records: the officer rosters printed in the newsletter, and the entries and awards of its competitions. Roles carry the years the rosters actually record. Where the records are silent, so is this page.
Alf Bjørnar Luneborg
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 2016
Work shown in competition
- Winter Hat 2022
- Ship Metta Catharina 2023
- Drumstick bag 2024
Allan Foss
A member of the Toronto Branch for whom the Al Foss Award, the Society's workshop award, is named.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Amy Kenny
A member and competitor of the Society who showed a fish belt and a pitcher-plant wristband at the 2011 competition.
Ann McLean
A Member-at-Large of the Society from Woodstock.
Anne Hook
An early member of the Society, remembered among its legendary figures of the 1970s.
Antony Wohlgemuth
A Mississauga member of the Society — the “Antony” of the Mississauga Tandy Leather Factory — who won a Salon Ribbon at the 2006 Annual for a moulded helmet.
Audrey Gorton
In memoriam · 28 October 2007
A longtime Hamilton member who served on both the Hamilton and CSCL Executive Councils in a secretarial role and edited the Society's newsletter.
Barbara Chynoweth
Branch
Norland · member since 2001
Served the Society as
- 2nd Vice-Pres. 2006–2008
- 1st Vice-Pres. 2008–2011
- President 2010–2012
- Past President 2012–2014
- Membership 2014–2016
- Editor 2016–2023
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Barry Boyd
A Mississauga member who won the 2005 Betty Heacock Award as a novice and rose to serve as Mississauga Branch President (2008).
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Betsy Rennie
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 1982
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2021
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Betty Heacock
A member of the Society for whom the Betty Heacock Memorial Award — for the best piece by a new or novice member — is named.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Beula Reynolds
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Bill Whittingham
In memoriam · c. 2010
A member who served as a President of the Society around its 50th anniversary (2000); his estate later left tools and a bequest to the Society for the benefit of its members.
Bob Pfister
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2010
A member and competitor of the Society who showed a poinsettia brooch and a cuff at the 2011 competition.
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Don MacLeod Belt Buckle Award
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Bob Richardson
Awards
- Jack Meharg Award
Work shown in competition
- Made to measure contoured guitar strap with inlayed panels 2024
- Custom guitar strap 2025
- Eight-sided, hinged jewellery box 2025
- Floral design guitar strap 2025
- Hinged Box 2025
- Western-style belt 2025
Brian Goring
A member and competitor of the Society who joined in 2006 and won Craftsman Ribbons at that year's Annual.
Awards
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
Brian Holahan
A member and competitor known for fly-fishing leatherwork — rod cases, creels, and cuffs.
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Bruce Royle
A member of the Society who joined, with Catherine Royle, in 2006.
Bruce White
A member of the Society remembered among the leathercrafters whose work filled the Annual displays.
Carol Broumley
Branch
Norland · member since 1985
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Carol Jackson
A member of the Society from Ottawa who attended the 2007 Annual and Society workshops.
Carol McLean
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 1966
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 1975
A Fellow who helped found the Society's Woodstock Branch and was the first CSCL member to make and teach leather masks. She taught the leather programme at Continuing Education for some fifteen years, feeding many new members into the Society, and demonstrated at the CSCL booth at the Canadian National Exhibition. Once its youngest Fellow, later its eldest.
Honours
- Caring Canadian Award 2014
Presented by the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, at a ceremony in Toronto in February 2014. - Honourary Life Membership
Recorded as an Honourary Life Member (and Fellow) in the Society's membership lists. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Catherine Royle
A member of the Society who joined, with Bruce Royle, in 2006.
Cecil Cake
A member of the Society, active in the mid-2000s.
Cindy Magura
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Clara Cavanaugh
An early member of the Society, remembered among its legendary figures of the 1970s.
Clarice Packham
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
An early Fellow of the Society renowned as a superb glovemaker, remembered for her generosity to novice members.
Colleen Peyer
A Mississauga member and competitor of the Society who showed moulded flowers and a stamped belt at the 2005 Annual.
Darlene Fry
Served the Society as
- Correspondence 2007–2011
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
David Addison
In memoriam · 26 March 2018
A member of the Norland and Mississauga Branches of the Society.
David McPherson
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 1980
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2005
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2014
Presented with a framed certificate at the 2014 Annual. A graduate of Western (BA) and Toronto (MEd), he taught mathematics and computer science for thirty years and served the Hamilton Branch. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
David Windeyer
A member of the Society's Board around its 50th anniversary (2000) and co-author, with Dorothy McPherson, of the Society's “Fifty Years of Leather Art” history.
Deane Russell
The Society's first President, and an early contributor to its bulletin at the Society's founding in 1950.
Della Chynoweth
Branch
Norland · member since 1978
Della Bryant Chynoweth, the longest-serving member of the Society — she joined on 31 October 1978. Her mother had taken up leatherwork in 1957, and Della grew up lacing wallets at home. A member successively of the Norland Guild, the Toronto Guild, and Members-at-Large, she became the Society's Treasurer in 2006 and held the post ever after.
Served the Society as
- Treasurer 2005–2023
- Recording Secretary 2005–2016
Honours
- Life Membership 2024
Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting. The longest-serving of the Society's members (since 1978), she was Secretary from 2005 to 2015 and Treasurer from 2006 onward. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Don MacLeod
In memoriam · 17 February 2007
A member remembered with a tribute and a new award in his honour in 2007.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Dorothy McPherson
In memoriam · 24 February 2021
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2016
Welcomed as an Honourary Life Member at the 66th Annual Convention. An international folk artisan and writer who joined the Society in 1990 and tirelessly promoted leathercraft. She died on 24 February 2021. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipient (London).
Dorothy Muma
In memoriam · 15 November 2008
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2008
A Charter Member of the Society and a well-known leathercrafter; wife of Robert Muma.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Dorothy Stanton
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Doug Tigchelaar
Branch
A Novice member of the Society who won the Betty Heacock Memorial Award for the best novice piece at the 2024 Virtual Annual Competition.
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Work shown in competition
- Container for leather working tools 2024
Edith Melchior-Hawkins
In memoriam · 1995 (b. 1922)
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 1958
An accomplished leathercraft artisan of the Tillsonburg Branch and a member of the Society's Executive Council (1971–1972). A tobacco farmer near Port Burwell, Ontario, she trained under Robert Muma at Mumart Studios in 1955–56, won many awards, and taught the craft to newcomers in her home.
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 1992
Lifetime Membership conferred 25 April 1992.
Elena Godbout
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Emma Windatt
In memoriam · c. 2009
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Eugene Pik
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2013
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2016
A Mississauga member who joined in 2013 and rose quickly to Fellow. Born in the USSR, he moved to Israel around the time of Perestroika and immigrated to Canada just before 2000; a robotics- and computer-trained IT professional. His prize-winning quiver took both the Robert Muma and Betty Heacock awards as a novice in 2013, and he went on to win Best in Show (2019, 2021) and Best Fellow (2021).
Served the Society as
- Website 2017–2018
- Membership 2018
Awards
- Best Fellow
- Best in Show
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Hard Sculpture Award
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Non-Traditional Piece Award
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
- Salon Ribbon
- Wearable Award
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Red oxford shoes - Fellow 2021
- Leather chairs upholstery project 2022
Fred Brown
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
An early contributor to the Society and a Fellow of long standing who taught turned-edge and skiving techniques and headed the Arts, Crafts and Hobbies building at the Canadian National Exhibition. The Fred Brown Award, for the best dyed article, is named for him.
Fred Heacock
Husband of the late Betty Heacock; his generous donation established the Betty Heacock Award for the best new or novice leatherworker.
Gary Cook
A Mississauga member and competitor of the Society (2005 Annual).
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
Gladys Riddell
In memoriam · 8 June 2006
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2006
A long-time Toronto member who excelled at stacked-leather work and attended Executive Council meetings and Annuals well into her eighties. A fair and equitable judge at the Annuals.
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership
A Fellow and Honourary Life Member of the Society. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Gloria Cousins
In memoriam · 31 July 2012
Gregory Belenky
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2017
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Best in Show
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Judges Special Choice Award
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
- Salon Ribbon
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Abduction of Proserpine - General Member 2021
- Competition - Apollo and Daphne - General Member 2021
- Competition - Laocoon and his sons - General Member 2021
- Competition - Ruslan and Ludmila - General Member 2021
- Competition - That very Munchausen - General Member 2021
- "Ocean Treasure" purse 2022
Harry Wendland
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Heather Atkinson
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Helen Wheaton
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
An early contributor who taught leatherworking techniques to newer members of the Society.
Hilda Chynoweth
In memoriam · 2010 (b. 13 February 1910)
A member of the Norland circle of the Chynoweth family who reached her 100th birthday on 13 February 2010.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Hilda Darbyshire
In memoriam · 1 March 2010
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2010
A long-standing member who donated a case of leather tools and supplies to the membership. A Non-Traditional Piece Award was given in her memory.
Irene Girling
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Irva Ford
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
A renowned Hamilton teacher who taught leathercraft in adult-education classes and wrote on cross-dyeing for the Society's bulletin. The Irva Ford Memorial Award, for the best moulded piece, is named for her.
Jack Meharg
In memoriam · c. 2004
A member of the Society for whom the Jack Meharg Award, for the best belt at the Biennial, is named.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
James Wilkes
Branch
Served the Society as
- 1st Vice-Pres. 2014–2023
- President 2016–2018
- Past President 2018–2023
Honours
- Honorary Associate Membership 2024
Presented by Sean Dalgetty, President of the CSCL, at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Lindsay, Ontario.
Awards
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Work shown in competition
- Book Cover for The Book of Alternative Services 2022
- Japanese Long Wallet, Hand Stitched 2022
- Phone Case for a iPhone 10 with magnetic fasteners 2022
- Wallet Humming Bird and Butterfly 2022
Jan Malec
A member and competitor of the Society who showed a moulded figure in competition.
Awards
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
Janice Sloat
A member of the Society.
Jean Pickering
In memoriam · 18 January 2008
A member of the Woodstock Branch of the Society.
Served the Society as
- Director 2006
Jessie Little
In memoriam · c. 2005
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
An early member of the Society whose articles appeared in its bulletin.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Jim Corbett
A member of the Norland Branch of the Society.
Jim Fry
A member and competitor of the Society who showed a knife sheath in competition.
Joan Cake
A member of the Society, active in the mid-2000s.
Joanna Malec
Awards
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
John Broumley
A Norland member, husband of Carol Broumley, who demonstrated knot-work at the 2008 Annual.
Joyce Scruton
In memoriam · mid-October 2015
Certification
Associate of the CSCL certified before 2006
A long-time Mississauga member, Associate, and Honourary Life Member (2006) who was instrumental in forming the Mississauga Guild in 1983 and guided it for decades — famously exacting about technique.
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2006
Named the Society's newest Honourary Life Member in 2006, an inspiration to the Mississauga branch.
Julia Malec
A member and competitor of the Society, of the Malec family.
Julien Jans
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 2021
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
- Craftsman Ribbon
Work shown in competition
- Blue snake skin watch straps 2022
- Pen cases 2022
- Phone Leather wallet 2022
- Business card holders 2023
- Emergency Garden Party Kit 2023
- Love Leather envelope 2023
Karen Weber
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2008
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2015
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- London Jewellery Award
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
- Wearable Award
Karla Van Horne
A member of the Society whose work featured among the standouts on the Annual display tables.
Ken Boroski
Certification
Associate of the CSCL since 2012
A Mississauga member who served as 2nd Vice-President of the Society (2012–2013) and competed at the Annual.
Served the Society as
- 2nd Vice-Pres. 2012–2013
Keven Magura
Served the Society as
- Secretary 2007
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Kevin Armstrong
In memoriam · c. 2004
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Kim Winchester
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2012
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2018
A Mississauga Fellow (Associate 2016, Fellow 2018) and the Society’s Membership chair (2019–2023). A prolific competitor — winner of the Irva Ford, Robert Muma, Woodstock Heritage, and Hard Sculpture awards across many years — she also catalogued, scanned, and put online the Society’s Larmour Lending Library.
Served the Society as
- Membership 2019–2023
Awards
- Best Fish Skin
- Best Hard Sculpture
- Best in Show
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Hard Sculpture Award
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
- Salon Ribbon
- Wearable Award
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Growling Bear Wall Sculpture - Fellow 2021
- Competition - Smiley Bear - Fellow 2021
Kristi Cino
Branch
Served the Society as
- Website 2013–2017
- Director 2013
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Laima Sellman
A member and competitor of the Society who showed wool-carding paddles and a carved rose wallet at the 2011 competition.
Lauchlan Harrison
Branch
Hamilton · member since 2000
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2019
Served the Society as
- 1st Vice-Pres. 2005–2018
- President 2006–2023
- Past President 2008–2016
- 2nd Vice-Pres. 2014–2016
- Privacy Officer 2016–2023
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Booklet cover - Fellow 2021
- Competition - Pegged Finch House - Fellow 2021
- Competition - Puzzel box - Fellow 2021
- Competition - Stitched Finch House - Fellow 2021
- Buckle 2022
- Green Letter Opener 2022
Laura Bush
Served the Society as
- Director 2005
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Lauren Malec
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 2007
Served the Society as
- Secretary 2021–2023
Awards
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Work shown in competition
- FINS 2022
- Fresnel Lens POCKET MAGNIFIER 2022
- PEN & PENCIL CARP WRAPS 2022
- Fortune Cookie Charms” – Set of 2, Jewelry 2024
Lauri Lloyd
A member and competitor of the Society who showed a leather photo album at the 2011 competition.
Lester Pinter
Branch
Hamilton · member since 2008
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2019
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
Lillian Kay
A member of the Society remembered among the leathercrafters whose work filled the Annual displays.
Linda Courtney
A member and competitor of the Society, who showed a carved piece titled “Falling Water.”
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Ontario Crafts Council Award
Loreen Manuel
In memoriam · 2020
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients. - Honourary Life Membership 2008
Honoured with a Life Membership for over fifty years of service.
Awards
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Madeleine Mitchell
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 1974
Served the Society as
- Editor 2005–2016
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2016
Welcomed as an Honourary Life Member at the 66th Annual Convention, hosted by the Norland Branch. A former Woodstock Branch member and long-serving newsletter Editor. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Best in Show
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
Marian Sim
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Marilyn Harry
Served the Society as
- Director 2005
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Marion Bridge
In memoriam · c. 2007
A longtime member of the Hamilton Branch of the Society.
Marion Kehoe
In memoriam · 17 January 2019
An Honourary Life Member (2008) who joined the Society around 1953.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients. - Honourary Life Membership 2008
Honoured with a Life Membership for over fifty years of service.
May Corbett
In memoriam · c. 2004
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Mike Lemaich
A Hamilton member and competitor who won the Best General Member Entry at the 2006 Annual and contributed to Hamilton's Weston Trophy team.
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
Mildred Kemp
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Miles Roberts
A Norland member (joined 2001) and Director of the Society. A butcher and woodworker by trade, he supplied Norland members with sharpening strops and kept their tools sharp, and combined woodworking with leathercraft in his own pieces.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipient, nominated by the Society.
Muriel Strongman
Certification
Associate of the CSCL certified before 2007
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Nancy Durham
Branch
Member-at-Large · member since 1987
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2005
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2022
Awarded an Honourary Life Membership at the 72nd Annual General Meeting. She was unaware of the nomination and completely surprised. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Don MacLeod Belt Buckle Award
- Moore-Pearsall Award
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Nancy Wilson
A member of the Society's Norland circle.
Nora Huyck
In memoriam · May 2006
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2006
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.
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership
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.
Pat Bullock
Served the Society as
- Correspondence 2010–2016
Awards
- Wearable Award
Paul Kitchener
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2002
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2007
Served the Society as
- 2nd Vice-Pres. 2008–2011
Honours
- Life Membership 2024
Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting in recognition of his years of service and his support and use of his facilities for the Society's members and workshops. - Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2007
Ontario Volunteer Service Award, presented in 2007; also named CSCL's newest Fellow that year.
Awards
- Best in Show
- Moore-Pearsall Award
- Robert Muma Memorial Award
- Wearable Award
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Peter Grove
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 2002
Served the Society as
- President 2005–2006
- Past President 2006–2008
Honours
- Honourary Life Membership 2014
Presented with a framed certificate at the 2014 Annual, alongside David McPherson.
Awards
- Best Fellow
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Judges Special Choice Award
- Wearable Award
Phyllis McHale
In memoriam · 13 September 2021
Served the Society as
- Past President 2005–2012
- Membership 2005–2008
- 1st Vice-Pres. 2006–2008
- President 2008–2011
- Director 2013
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Awards
- Michigan Soft Leather Award
Ray Clements
A member of the Society whose leatherwork was shown at the TRC Gallery, London, in 2005.
Reta Lamour
An early Charter Member of the Society who started its lending library and helped draft its constitution; the Society's library of leathercraft books bore her name.
Richard Borrow
Branch
Mississauga · member since 2017
Certification
Associate of the CSCL since 2019
Served the Society as
- Secretary 2018–2022
Awards
- Don MacLeod Belt Buckle Award
- Wearable Award
Rob Regan
Branch
Hamilton · member since 2024
Certification
Associate of the CSCL since 2012
Served the Society as
- 2nd Vice-Pres. 2010–2012
- 1st Vice-Pres. 2012–2014
- President 2014–2015
- Past President 2016–2018
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Robert Dengler
A member of the Society and a recipient of the Ontario Volunteer Service Award.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipient, nominated by the Society.
Robert Muma
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL
A Charter Member of the Society and, with his wife Dorothy, one of its founding figures; an early Treasurer and long-time chair of its Teaching Standards Committee. A world-renowned master bookbinder. The Robert Muma Memorial Award, for the best coloured piece, is named for him; his leather art is preserved online at mumart.ca.
Rod Martinez
Rodrigo Martinez, a member and competitor of the Society who showed a range of pieces — belts, a box, and a carved starfish among them — and won the Irva Ford Memorial Award for his moulded starfish at the 2011 Annual.
Awards
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
Roselle Wallace
A Toronto Member-at-Large and competition award winner who broke a long run of Norland wins at the Annual.
Ruth Haig
In memoriam · 1 September 2011
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL since 1985
A registered X-ray technologist from Mildmay, Ontario, who studied leathercraft for eight years under Hamilton's Irva Ford. She earned her Associate standing in 1966 and her Fellowship in 1985, won the Weston Trophy across many years and the Michigan and Irva Ford awards, taught workshops on both sides of the border, and served the Society and the Artisans Guild of Hamilton in many capacities. She won the 2005 John Mather Award.
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipient. - Honourary Life Membership 1993
Received Honourary Life Membership in the Society, FCSCL (Life).
Ryan Wright
A member of the Society who led a rose-making workshop at the 2009 Annual.
Sadie Roebuck
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Sandra Roberts
Served the Society as
- Correspondence 2005–2007
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
Sean Dalgetty
Branch
Hamilton · member since 1999
Certification
Fellow of the CSCL certified before 2007
Served the Society as
- Council of Fellows Chair 2012
- President 2024–2025
Awards
- Best Fellow
- Best in Show
- CSCL Executive Award
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Michigan Soft Leather Award
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Veg tanned purse - Fellow 2021
- Duffel Bag 2024
- Messenger Bag 2024
- Scope Case 2024
Silva Fox
A member of the Society remembered among the leathercrafters whose work filled the Annual displays.
Tammy Gray
Awards
- Best General Member Piece
- Best in Show
- Craftsman Ribbon
- Salon Ribbon
Tammy Paddon
Branch
Hamilton · member since 2014
Awards
- Irva Ford Memorial Award
- Non-Traditional Piece Award
- Woodstock Heritage Award
Work shown in competition
- Competition - Book/bible cover - General Member 2021
- Competition - Raw hide Drum - General Member 2021
- Competition - Zippered Bible case - General Member 2021
- Competition - Zippered Molded safety goggle case - General Member 2021
Tracey Gearing
A Hamilton member who joined in 2008, contributed to Hamilton's winning Weston Trophy team, and won the Betty Heacock Award for the best novice piece that year.
Awards
- Betty Heacock Memorial Award
Tracey Howard
Branch
Norland · member since 2005
Served the Society as
- Membership 2008–2014
- Privacy Officer 2014–2016
- Secretary 2016–2018
Awards
- Workshop Award Al Foss Award
Vivian Batty
A junior member of the Norland Branch who entered a covered belt buckle and a carved picture at the 2008 Annual — and a highland dancer.
Compiled from the officer rosters printed in each issue of the Canadian Leathercrafter and from the Society’s competition records. Members appear under the fullest form of their name used in the records; other forms they were listed under are noted in this page’s structured data.