Today the boots became boots! The morning started with buffing the parts we dyed last night to make them nice and shiny. Then it was a lot of sanding, gluing, and assembly. It’s amazing how much work it takes to get the shape of the heel to perfectly match the shape of the sole. . . . → Read More: Bootmaking Intensive – Day 5
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Today was all about soles and heels. First patterns were made for both and then it was all about cutting, glueing and sanding. I decided on a leather sole with some inlayed rubber and leather stacked with a rubber cap. The combo embraces the loveliness of leather while being tough enough to withstand Toronto winters! . . . → Read More: Bootmaking Intensive – Day 4 Day 3 = awesome! Today was about assembling, sewing, and lasting. The most nerve wracking moment was sewing the stitch around the ankle. I chose a contrasting color (neon pink!) so there wasn’t a lot of room for error. But both came out straight! The most bewildering moment was lasting the upper. When yanking on . . . → Read More: Bootmaking Intensive – Day 3 Day two! Today started with meeting Becca at Global Leather where I purchase a hide for my uppers. It is a black sheep veg tan which I’m quite excited about. The pattern pieces were cut and then the vamps were soaked, stretched, and left to dry overnight. Also the edges of the backs were skived . . . → Read More: Bootmaking Intensive – Day 2 I’m taking a 5-day Bootmaking Intensive course at Brooklyn Shoespace with Rebecca Heykes. After a lot of thought about integrating some electronics I’ve realized that for my first go I just need to learn how to make shoes! I’ve decided to make a basic Chelsea boot – something that I will definitely wear. Today was . . . → Read More: Bootmaking Intensive – Day 1 While at ITP as a Something-in-Residence I have the opportunity to sit in on some classes. One that I’m checking out is Intro to Fabrication with Ben Light. This week’s assignment was to make multiples of something, 5 or more. The objects must be a multi-process piece, ie. not 5 things made solely on the . . . → Read More: Hilbert Hat Variations Part 1: torontowearables28.eventbrite.ca Part 2: http://typebooks.ca/posts/64 See you there! I’m really excited to make this announcement! We just clicked the “Launch” button on a shiny new Kickstarter campaign for the Vega Edge: Angella Mackey and I have been scheming together about wearable electronics since we first started the Toronto Wearables Meetup together in February 2010. Since then Angella launched a fashion line (Vega) . . . → Read More: Vega Edge now available on Kickstarter! Researched and written by my awesome Digital Futures students at OCAD University, the Innovator’s Guide is a creative nerd’s handbook to Toronto and New York, researched and written by the Digital Futures students at OCAD University. It’s a kind of Lonely Planet travel guide or a user’s manual for these cities, but for people who . . . → Read More: The Innovator’s Guide to Toronto & New York I had two recent, lovely encounters with the CBC: –An interview with former ITP Camper Dan Misener –an interview with Nora Young at Spark Some words from CBC: SPARK | Mar 1, 2013 | 13:12 Wearable Computing Google Glass is just the latest example of “wearable computing”, a concept that’s been around for quite a . . . → Read More: Hello CBC |
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