My techniques for making shoes, from start to finish, in various steps, plus related topics:

• Molding: making a duct-tape mold of the foot
• Patterning: converting a mold to leather
• Stitching: side seems, joining the sole to the upper
• Turning: putting the "turn" in "turnshoe
• Waxed ends: using boar's bristles as needles
• Making coad: a YouTube video on how to make showmaker's wax

Last updated June 22, 2022.