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tephraHere's a site for wide calf boots for you! WideWidths.com
Argh, they have a "super wide" boot that with the elastic gore accounted for gets to 22"... *pulls the measuring tape snug* Dammit, 22.5"! *pout* Well, not like I have $140 for boots anyway.
They claim that a cobbler could expand the elastic gore... and if I only need one-half to one inch added that seems possible.... Still no money for it though. *sigh*
And since they had links to wide shoes I went looking at them. It's a bad sign when you click on the link for your size there are only two hits... and one of them is named "Token". :P
Time to get back to The Shoe Project.
Speaking of which, I know there are some creative and crafty sorts that have me friended, so I pose a problem for you:
The method I have for making shoe lasts is basically "fill shoes with plaster then rip them apart to get the plaster out". Which, while it makes me cringe to tear apart shoes that "fit", I am willing to do and have done before. The problem is that the next candidate for "last mold" is a pair of suede boots.
If anyone is gasping at the thought of destroying suede boots to make lasts, don't. They're electric blue, the suede on the right one in particular is of poor quality, and they never really fit properly because the heels weren't positioned quite right. And I wore them to death when electric blue suede ankle boots were marginally in fashion anyway.
The first problem is, well, they're suede and the foot portion at least is unlined. I can't see wet plaster and suede working well in combo no matter what I think up for a release agent.
The second problem is that the shaft is lined, with some sort of foam that is disintegrating under the very thin lining material.
I'd like to cast the whole thing, foot and shaft because they fit very closely to my ankle and about3 inches up the leg, making them ideal lasts not only for shoes but also ankle boots.
So, what I need is a way to use these boots as a mold that would ultimate result in bare plaster lasts. Anyone have some ideas? I don't think veggie oil is going to work for a mold release on these. :P
And for a related topic, I have finished lasts that I can't use because I can't find heels of the appropriate height and pitch. I do have one (and only one) of the original heels from the shoes I made the lasts from. It's made of some sort of plastic and I'd like to make a mold from it and cast some heels. I'd want to fill in the hollows in the center (which I'm sure were there to both make it lighter and save materials) because I know from experience that I will break down that sort of heel with my weight eventually. I can figure out how to do that and make the mold, but what do I cast the heels out of? It has to stand up to me walking on it, so it's got to be strong, but if it's too heavy it will make the shoe want to slide off the heel.
Argh, they have a "super wide" boot that with the elastic gore accounted for gets to 22"... *pulls the measuring tape snug* Dammit, 22.5"! *pout* Well, not like I have $140 for boots anyway.
They claim that a cobbler could expand the elastic gore... and if I only need one-half to one inch added that seems possible.... Still no money for it though. *sigh*
And since they had links to wide shoes I went looking at them. It's a bad sign when you click on the link for your size there are only two hits... and one of them is named "Token". :P
Time to get back to The Shoe Project.
Speaking of which, I know there are some creative and crafty sorts that have me friended, so I pose a problem for you:
The method I have for making shoe lasts is basically "fill shoes with plaster then rip them apart to get the plaster out". Which, while it makes me cringe to tear apart shoes that "fit", I am willing to do and have done before. The problem is that the next candidate for "last mold" is a pair of suede boots.
If anyone is gasping at the thought of destroying suede boots to make lasts, don't. They're electric blue, the suede on the right one in particular is of poor quality, and they never really fit properly because the heels weren't positioned quite right. And I wore them to death when electric blue suede ankle boots were marginally in fashion anyway.
The first problem is, well, they're suede and the foot portion at least is unlined. I can't see wet plaster and suede working well in combo no matter what I think up for a release agent.
The second problem is that the shaft is lined, with some sort of foam that is disintegrating under the very thin lining material.
I'd like to cast the whole thing, foot and shaft because they fit very closely to my ankle and about3 inches up the leg, making them ideal lasts not only for shoes but also ankle boots.
So, what I need is a way to use these boots as a mold that would ultimate result in bare plaster lasts. Anyone have some ideas? I don't think veggie oil is going to work for a mold release on these. :P
And for a related topic, I have finished lasts that I can't use because I can't find heels of the appropriate height and pitch. I do have one (and only one) of the original heels from the shoes I made the lasts from. It's made of some sort of plastic and I'd like to make a mold from it and cast some heels. I'd want to fill in the hollows in the center (which I'm sure were there to both make it lighter and save materials) because I know from experience that I will break down that sort of heel with my weight eventually. I can figure out how to do that and make the mold, but what do I cast the heels out of? It has to stand up to me walking on it, so it's got to be strong, but if it's too heavy it will make the shoe want to slide off the heel.
