{"id":8521,"date":"2018-01-10T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2018-01-10T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:15:35","slug":"shoe-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=8521","title":{"rendered":"Shoe Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I might not be a minor god, but I’m a miniature Imelda, with a conscience. Remember her, the Philipine’s Marcos\/monster’s wife, she of the 1060 pairs of shoes? I share the affinity to footwork, but not the urge to consume or collect in her dimensions.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-02\/imelda-marcos-shoe-museum:-the-excess-of-a-regime\/7877098<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nor do I share the style – I have never in my life owned or worn a pair of heels,<\/p>\n

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not even kitten heels. They’re in the way if you have places to explore….\"\"<\/p>\n

This is more my style:<\/p>\n

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or this:\u00a0\"\"\u00a0not exactly hand made, though.<\/p>\n

Reading up a bit on the history of shoemaking, I learned that ancient hunters wrapped their cold feet in skin, and it was an accidental discovery that ashes tanned the skins to leather. It is also claimed (below) that when the lady of the cave asked for yellow, fashion was born…. medieval cottage industries required some extra skills from those involved in cobbling: they needed literacy to keep the books for ordered work and precise measurements so that the shoes fit. War brought an end to that: starting with the napoleonic wars so many boots were needed that shoemaking became mass production. Soon the skill of sewing top to insole was replaced by cheaper gluing methods.<\/p>\n

History of Shoemaking<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n