Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker

Look, just LOOK, at the boot tops I get to do next! They’re a reproduction of the iconic “Satan Is Real” album cover by the Louvin Brothers.

Here’s a link to my presentation at the American Women Artists Symposium in Tucson, Arizona.

I’ve been doing research on boot designs.

“The last shall be first” is a rule in boot making too.

I’ve been traveling and don’t have a current project to photograph, but here’s a boot I made not too long ago. This boot has an alligator foot, and the boot tops feature 10 rows of stitching.

Close-up of 10 rows of stitching

Here’s visual proof that all of the decorative work in my shop is done on an old single-needle Singer sewing machine.

Here’s a link to my YouTube video for October.

It’s a Boot Life

They’re finished! I made this pair of boots for myself in 2003, and they’ve been resoled once before already. This time I replaced the foot with red ostrich and chose to go with natural soles and heels and red sole stitching.

All I have to do is shape the heel and these old boots will be back in service. The final polish won’t change the look much because the soles and heels are going to be left natural. Did you notice the red sole stitching?