Tag Archives: bespoke

Tony Slinger, shoemaker

Dale and I are in England with our friends Carina and PO. Today we visited the shop of Tony Slinger, an absolutely fantastic shoemaker in Yorkshire. I asked many questions and learned a lot.

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Shoemaker’s gathering

I’m in Northampton, England at the Independent Shoemaker’s gathering. This is my table for dinner. I’ve made lots of new friends!

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It’s a Boot Life

“It’s a Boot Life” for February is now available on YouTube.

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Students with their new boots

My students left today happily wearing their new boots! Here’s another photo of my students in front of my shop.

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Artist challenge

On the final day of the artist challenge, the theme is feathers.

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Artist challenge

Day four of the artist challenge and today the theme is birds.

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Artist challenge

Day three of the artist challenge. My theme today is flowers.

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Artist challenge

Day Two of my five day, five picture artist challenge. The theme today is butterflies.

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Artist challenge

I’ve been nominated to post five pictures of my work for five days. To make it interesting I’ll have a theme or common element for each group of boots.

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Students

My students are happy because all of those random, mysterious leather pieces have finally come together and formed something that’s beginning to look like a cowboy boot.

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