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° […]
Plushicorn Slippers
Shoes 104 & 105Available I created this fun pair of unicorn slippers for an exhibit in Waynesville, NC called Textures. I thought the unicorn image was fun, particularly with the different views, and wanted to capture the furriness of children’s slippers against the embroidered imagery. I also experimented with lusters on these, which create a […]
Sole Connection
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 […]
Footsteps Through Shadows
I continue to explore how shoes can be a message of the need for peace, worldwide. I know I’m not the first artist to be struck by the photographs and memorials of the shoes worn by the victims. Nor will I be the last.
Pharoah’s Toes
A tribute to the shoe designer, Christian Louboutin, who later in life found out the father he grew up with was not his biological father. His biological father was Egyptian, which explained his complexion.
Our Son’s / Daughter’s Adventures
In our small mountain town, a young couple owns an outdoor shop, featuring fishing, hunting and hiking gear. They have 2 boys, one just started kindergarten, and a new baby girl. The boys have both been hiking with mom and dad. At the time I created the pink hiking sandal, the baby was still too […]
Appalachian Stride
Inspired by finding a shoe along the Blue Ridge Parkway, I created another shoe with a mountain seen on the toe box.