“If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker” Albert Einstein, after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 1945
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Angus’ Scottish shoes
At a Renaissance Faire in CT a few years ago, I ran in to a fine leatherworker named Angus who surprised me with the news that he had made himself a pair of shoes by following the instructions in Crafting Handmade Shoes. When I saw them I was amazed; they were made of vegetable-tanned leather …
A bit of my history – and why make shoes?
There are so many different reasons why people are interested in making shoes: I have recently heard from two grandmothers – one has a teen-age granddaughter with feet so wide and short that she can only wear birkenstocks, and the other has a teen-age granddaughter who wears size 15 shoes! She would like to have …
postcard of shoe styles
I came upon this postcard I had made maybe 10 years ago, when I was doing a lot of applique embellishment on shoes. Here’s Mary Janes and dance sandals, each made unique by their colors and designs. I like it so much that I’m using it for my banner!
Cool topline
I received a photo of the pair of shoes that was made during the last shoemaking “‘tutorial” (I’ll call it that since I teach one person at a time) I offered, and am sharing it with you. It’s a strange thing, how something like a pleasing line can create such a flow of uplifting brain …
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.