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Shoemaking School Pt. 4 — Outsole Stitching

Shoemaking School Pt. 4 — Outsole Stitching

Shoemaking School Pt. 4 - Outsole Stitching Posted onMay 11, 2021 by mbliskavka EditShoemaking School Pt. 4 - Outsole Stitching One of the distinguishing features of truly high end shoes is that they usually hand...

Shoemaking School Pt. 4 — Outsole Stitching

Shoemaking School Pt. 4 - Outsole Stitching Posted onMay 11, 2021 by mbliskavka EditShoemaking School Pt. 4 - Outsole Stitching One of the distinguishing features of truly high end shoes is that they usually hand...

Shoemaking School Pt. 3 — Making Thread and Welting

Shoemaking School Pt. 3 — Making Thread and Wel...

The welt is a strip of leather that holds the whole shoe together, and allows shoes to be resoleable. You make a stitch through the upper and the holdfast, and...

Shoemaking School Pt. 3 — Making Thread and Wel...

The welt is a strip of leather that holds the whole shoe together, and allows shoes to be resoleable. You make a stitch through the upper and the holdfast, and...

Shoemaking School Pt. 2 — Creating a Holdfast

Shoemaking School Pt. 2 — Creating a Holdfast

The insole is one of the most important pieces of a shoe. In fact, as long as the upper and the insole is good, everything else can be replaced. With...

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Shoemaking School Pt. 2 — Creating a Holdfast

The insole is one of the most important pieces of a shoe. In fact, as long as the upper and the insole is good, everything else can be replaced. With...

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Shoemaking School pt. 1 — Lasting the Toe

Shoemaking School pt. 1 — Lasting the Toe

A last is the wooden form that a shoe is built around. The word “lasting” means stretching the leather of the the upper of the shoe around the last. The...

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Shoemaking School pt. 1 — Lasting the Toe

A last is the wooden form that a shoe is built around. The word “lasting” means stretching the leather of the the upper of the shoe around the last. The...

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Florence, Italy

Florence

View of the Ardo from Ponte alle Grazie I am in love. Every morning, I wake up and walk through the city center on the way to class, passing tourists...

Florence

View of the Ardo from Ponte alle Grazie I am in love. Every morning, I wake up and walk through the city center on the way to class, passing tourists...