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Photo of the Day: Leather Controller
Photographer caption: The history of Partizanske, Slovakia, and its surroundings is closely attached to the shoemaking industry, which was brought here by the famous Tomas Bata. Today, very few people outside of the region know that even though most of the production ceased years ago, there are still some companies producing shoes. This photograph is part of a series in which I was documenting individuals who work in this industry and individual parts of the production process. The worker in this portrait works in a warehouse with leather. One of the tasks he performs is the control of leather thickness as pictured in this image.
Photo by Lucia Minarova (Most Pri Bratislave, Slovakia); Bosany, Slovakia
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This project was my final one in my 3D design class last semester. We went to a thrift store as a class and picked out shoes we would fully recreate with tape only. This process took lots of planning and directing of each shoe part. Shockingly, my finished shoe ended up being of similar weight to the original!
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Clicking (cutting) is always done by hand for each individual piece and pair. Each piece is skived for evenness and to guarantee a perfect assembly and stitch.
CREATING THE PATTERN · CARMINA SHOEMAKER
The lines traced on the last in three dimensions are tessellated onto a pattern. These patterns are then used to indicate the clipping of the leather and the lining.
