Bespoke Shoemaking – Handmade Footwear

Description

ISBN Number:

Bespoke Shoemaking – Handmade Footwear ( ISBN 0-9802937-0-7 )

Overview

Bespoke Shoemaking – a comprehensive guide to handmade footwear is the first modern book to cover this fast growing area of interest. The author – Tim Skyrme, is a highly regarded Australian craftsman and teacher of hand shoemaking. The book has taken 10 years in production and grew out of a small book written to help Tim’s hand shoemaking students. The 300 pages cover the details of making shoes by hand, from measuring the feet, to handing over the finished footwear to the customer. However, shoemaking is a very practical subject to learn from a book. That is where the 704 photographs and drawings are so valuable.

Virtually everything is illustrated in detail. For many years people have been asking for a book on hand shoemaking. This 2006 production has become the standard textbook throughout the world. This book shows you how to get started in your bespoke shoe making journey going from the measurement of the foot to the last stitch. Diving right in, looking at the tools required and the integral techniques in order to create the most perfect bespoke footwear.

• • Introduction to Shoemaking
  • Foot Measurement
  • Lasts
  • Sizes
  • Mean Forme Construction
  • Basic Styles
  • Seam Allowances
  • Edge Treatments
  • Derby Shoe Design
  • Construction
  • Tools
  • Materials
  • Clicking
  • Skiving
  • Folding
  • Closing
  • Oxford Shoe Design
  • Insole Preparation
  • Lasting
  • Trying the Shoe for Fit
  • Preparing for Soling
  • Fitting the Shoe
  • Hand Finishing
  • Hand Built Leather Heels
  • Socks
  • Dress Boots
  • Court Shoes
  • Sandal Insoles
  • Sandals, Straps and Lasting
  • Sandal Socks
  • Platforms
  • Wedges
  • Heel Blocks
  • Covered Heels
  • Ladies Soles
  • Finishing
  • Presentation
  • Welt Sewing
  • Threads
  • Sewing the Welt
  • Hand Sewn Sole
  • Blocking/Crimping
  • Buckles
  • Joggers