Monday 12 September 2022

Shoe people - cheeky chappies

I finished these little chaps the other day. I made the heads ages ago but only recently had an idea what to do with them.

They are about 28cms tall. The heads are high-fired porcelain, the bodies are vintage shoe stretchers plus buttons, washers, carpet tacks, reclaimed wood, icing nozzles... and they wobble slightly when moved which is fun (because small shoe trees/stretchers like these are made with sprung steel).