Minimalist shoes

[Leerwerker]

As someone with a barefoot lifestyle I still have to concern myself with shoes for work and the Minnesota cold.   And having done leatherwork for almost 40 years, I decided to venture into shoe making.

My requirements:  NO heels, NO arch support, VERY wide, NO tight closure and not overly warm.  On the one photo you can see the two prototypes I made from cheap suede - the method/pattern came from the web and was totally dumb - discarded methods.   A third one made more sense and so I traced my footprint and then used felt from a craft store to mold over the top of my feet to develop the pattern for the uppers.  

On that photo you can see my first working brown pair.  Some idiot called them slippers, so I decided on my next pair to add fake lace closures.  Which resulted in the yellow pair that I still wear.

[bikermutt07]

Thanks for sharing.