“Meander” by Trippen

I am so happy that I have shoemaking students coming to my home to learn – it gives me a great reason to purchase materials – and books! that if they were only for me – well, I have so many design ideas already that I don’t think I have enough years left to experiment […]

www.lunaboots.com

If you’re ever in Tasmania….look up Luna. I had the good fortune to have a 3-day individual workshop with Luna perhaps 15 years ago,when she was in New England visiting her brother. I still find patterns with her name on them that I have not tried to make footwear from – but this one that […]

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 […]