Bar shoe making and fitting

Description

A hands on shoemaking day using cadaver limbs.

The day is structured but totally flexible and will give you the opportunity to practice and improve your shoemaking and fitting skills whether for specific feet, specimen shoes or an upcoming exam. You will have a highly skilled tutor present to observe, analyse and guide you at each stage for your own individual improvement. 

All shoes will be made and fitted to cadaver limbs.

Points to be covered but not limited to will be:

• Guide to making and fitting straight bar shoes, front and hinds
• Material calculation for 3/4 and fully fullered
• Toe variations, rolled, rocker and multi directional (and how much to adjustment of calculation for each)
• Set down bar (and how much to adjust calculation)
• Individual shoemaking techniques