Shoe assigment

For this assignment, I chose this shoe, as it is the pair that I use the most and find more comfortable. With this shoe, I had the advantage of being able to see the pattern that made up the shoe, which made it easier for me to do the fabric copy.

The metal model of the shoe is the skeleton and main structure of the shoe that would make it sturdy and durable. The main shape of the shoe was made out of thick aluminum wire, and the rest of the shoe is made out of thin aluminum wire. We were allowed to use a binding material different from the main material of the piece, but I used the actual material to bind with each other. This copy is smaller than the original shoe as otherwise, it would not fit inside of the clay model.

The clay model of the shoe was the easiest to do as I placed the clay on top of the shoe and then mold it to the desired shape of the shoe, the only problem I came across was that the material was too thin after drying, so it would break off. For this model, I did not need to use a binding material. This piece of the final shoe is crucial as the fabric piece is adjusted to this model to make it a perfect fit. This is the only piece with the most similar size to the original piece.

The fabric piece is the final piece for the assignment, which serves as the cover of the metal and clay pieces. This piece brings the color and pattern to the pieces. The fabric copy is composed of 4 different types of 'fabrics'. I used artificial leather, real leather, cardboard, and synthetic fabric. The most difficult material to work with was definitely real leather as it was more sturdy and thicker which made me use a bigger needle and thread I also used a different method of sewing when attaching the pieces together. I had to create holes before actually sewing the fabrics together, as sewing through the leather was painful and hard. This copy is the only one that had a binding material which was the thick red thread.