You Know What You Should Do?
Shoe 114Available I’ve been making cowboy boots since the first year of the project. With this boot, I opted not to decorate the wheat pattern because I wanted to try molding it differently than past boots. I also knew that this boot was going to represent an experience I had when sharing my shoes. In […]
Outgrown
Shoe 112 Outgrown is the 3rd iteration of “My Cowboy Boot”. I love the challenge of creating the boot – the height, shape and using glass to create the wheat-stitching. Here’s the story that is shared with the boots: When I was a young boy, maybe 4 or 5, I had a pair of cowboy […]
Toddler Work Boots
Shoes 106 & 107 Location: On Exhibit with William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA I had this adorable pair of boots on my shelf for awhile, and decided to try blending the colored glass powder to achieve a color similar to the Carhart mustard yellow. Here’s a video of the boots showing a 360° […]
My (other) Cowboy Boot
When I was a young boy, maybe 4 or 5, I had a pair of cowboy boots with a flashy, distinctive stitched blue leaf pattern and stitched toes. I wore them everywhere, I never wanted to take them off, never. I wore them to play in, to church, to school, and whenever I could get […]
Warm Rosy Steps, Warm Playful Steps
When I saw these in a thrift store, it reminded me of the many times my daughter asked for “Uggs”. I’m not sure exactly how old my daughter was when she started asking, but she begged for them, and I always commented how ugly they were – refusing her request. It seemed pretty silly to […]
Walk in Pisgah II
The boots didn’t start off as work boots. Seven years ago, they started off as fashionable boots. Very comfortable boots. Very sturdy boots with fantastic soles for hiking or walking on sidewalks in the winter. These boots traveled on airplanes (thank goodness for zippers). They got wet in the rain and salty in the snow. […]
A Walk in Pisgah
My boot has emerged from the kiln with one day to spare. This is my 55th shoe casting. Since it was both a personal piece and for the upcoming exhibit in Waynesville, NC, I decided to do things a bit differently. Why not? What could go wrong? My first mistake – Telling everyone what I […]
My Cowboy Boots
When I was a young boy, maybe 4 or 5, I had a pair of cowboy boots with a flashy, distinctive stitched blue leaf pattern and stitched toes. I wore them everywhere, I never wanted to take them off, never. I wore them to play in, to church, to school, and whenever I could get […]