this shoe is for my great grandmother ADA, she died long before I was born at the age of 34. How sad, she left five beautiful children, one of whom was my grandfather. The shoe is elegant, as she is in the photograph I have of her taken in St Petersburg, Russia around the turn of the century. This shoe seems more solid, its the first “complete” shoe, by that I mean it has a heel and and is fully enclosed. Again I printed my pattern using Ada’s photograph and printed it onto white tissue paper, everything is handmade in paper. You can see my collection of hand made paper shoes here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8853574@N03/sets/72157622409764848
What inspired you to make shoes in general and also to commemorate loved ones?
What a gorgeous piece. I hope that someday you will photograph these as a collection. You need to enter these in a show. jan
Wow, thanks for the compliment. i feel drawn to make these shoes, they are part of me, the steps my ancestors took that have created me.
this is so beautiful. very elegant and stylish as well as eloquent. congratulations!