VIIIth Nerve
And then, not to be daunted, I dove into preparations for senior project. This here is Kensington, the crappiest neighborhood in Philadelphia, and I’ve been spending a loooot of time here.
Why? It’s the nexus of Philadelphia’s urban agriculture scene.
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The final prototype was fitted (those are custom insoles up there), patterned, and made in just two weeks—a very short time when you’ve never worked with leather before. I’d love to do another shoe someday, but it’s certainly a lot of work. I think I’d rather leave it up to cobblers next time!
It was a prototyping process only a mother could love, but you can see here the beginnings of a flexible, walkable sole.
My last major project was to design a more ergonomic high heel—one you could walk around comfortably in without sacrificing aesthetics. Probably one of the best parts was buying and tearing apart cheap heels for analysis. Interesting parts on the inside, right? One of the things that took my team aback was just how much metal went into them, including what my partner in the second picture dubbed “that damn screw” holding the heel together.
Playing catch-up: January and February and March
I suppose it’s a standard-issue human impulse to, having been gone an unexpected period of time, justify one’s absence, even when the audience is merely the Internetiverse and nowhere that particularly required your presence in the first place.
It would be trite to simply say “there’s been a lot going on,” so I’m just going to post some pictures. Okay, LOTS of pictures. And maybe some of what I’ve been reading, because I’ve been nose-deep into some really interesting stuff (when I haven’t been knee-deep in compost, see posts to follow).
Tl;dr I’ve spent the last three months teaching myself to make shoes, taking up farming (!), commuting to a rather spectacular job in NYC at Carla Diana Design, and (hopefully) becoming a more human human along the way.
I’m enjoying this ride—I hope you enjoy it too!
Where do I have to go, to find a honey with a little soul? Tokyo, according to Imagine Dragons, although I suspect the soul just kind of follows the lead singer around.
(Source: playengland.org.uk)
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