As a young woman in the 70s, Sara McIntosh, founder of the Chicago School of Shoemaking in Ravenswood, was a part of the back-to-the-land movement. She built a log cabin, bought a cow, grew her own ...
Discover the fascinating process of shoe-making from centuries ago! This video explores ancient crafting techniques that are ...
ROCKY RIVER, OHIO — Lots of women love shoes, but only a few love them enough to want to make their own. But Michaela Reynolds did. The Rhode Island woman came to Rocky River to learn at the bench of ...
Lisandro Serra Delmar makes shoes full-time at his workshop in rural Herefordshire An artisan shoemaker who has been making shoes by hand for more than 15 years has described it as a "dying art".
Sara McIntosh made her first pair of shoes in 1974. Her baby girl (who’s now 47) was starting to walk, and McIntosh wanted to craft a pair of soft-soled shoes to hug and protect her little feet.
When it comes to shoemaking, Lila Almario belongs to true-blue royalty. Her grandfather, Julio Gregorio, was King of Philippine Shoemakers from the 1950s to the 1970s. Anybody who went for top quality ...
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is launching a new prize for the 2025 edition of its annual Footwear Awards to celebrate and promote Britain's shoemaking heritage. Called the Craft of Shoemaking ...
Shoe manufacturing peaked in Lewiston and Auburn a century ago, a boom before the Depression’s bust, some headline-making strikes, and several disastrous decades of offshoring. In Lewiston, Museum L–A ...
Miru Wong, 33, grew up with her grandparents in Hong Kong and helped out at the family shoemaking shop. For her final year project in college, she worked on a rebrand for the family business. She's ...