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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...