Footware
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008Yeah I know another fucking project… Art ADHD So the plan is to mould chunky platform boot soles for boots. We to Barnes in Richmond on Wednesday to investigate the cost and materials for shoe soles and a small batch of silicone for a coule of test mouldings for experimenting and learning. Barnes are pretty [...]
lazyness and the art of doing nothing..
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Well, I have done very little of anything productive in the last few months. I think the closest I have come to making any thing was to make a lol cats version of Magnetic fridge Poetry using Magnetic Paper. Now I have lots of little words on my fridge and I can write “Can has [...]
Back to dreaming of footware…
Sunday, December 9th, 2007Thought I’d continue with making the pair of shoes I taped the pattern for. I’ve drafted the two peice flat pattern for the block or base. Planning for something simple, based on the W size 12 lasts I bought in Thomastown they will have 1 inch heal and a slightly squared round toe. In the [...]
Some shoe and boot making resources
Monday, November 26th, 2007Some of the helpful things I found while researching how to make my boots This was where I was inspired.. The little lady and the concrete feet! Mary Wales Loomis Between pouring plaster into a pair of boots and gluing the everything together this site gives a resonable description of what involved. Naturally she is [...]
ideas, open fronted boots
Saturday, September 15th, 2007Ideas.. thinking of doing a modern version of the 1890s open fronted boots….
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