My own mother had problems finding shoes to fit her swollen ankles, so I had wanted to make her a pair. However, before I was able to, she moved into a nursing home and was not getting out of bed. So, I had some ideas in mind when I recently received a call from a …
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Concern and response regarding use of chrome-tanned leather
Greetings all, I just received this email, and consider the topic so important that I am answering it in this blog-post. I have removed the name of the sender. HI SHARON, I really appreciate your shoe designs and patterns and your generosity in making them available online. I’m hoping to get back to experimenting with …
You Walk Wrong!
“You Walk Wrong!” is an article from the NY Times magazine (http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/) that I invite you to read. It supports the simple way that I make shoes, with lots of space for your toes and thin flexible soling that comes as close as possible to duplicating the barefoot experience, while still protecting your feet.