Self-Directed Footwear (and other) Training & Workshops
Since 2006 I have been studying Shoemaking.
In 2009 I attended my 1st of many Workshops, Conventions, and Symposiums related to Footwear and other interests.
2024 - Perfume Making, Florence Italy, thru creative-italy.com (three days)
2024 - Renaissance History, Florence Italy, thru creative-italy.com (10 hrs.)
2023 - Stitchdown’s Boot Camp, NYC (two days
2023 - Schola Women's shoemaking, Florence Italy (seven days)
2022 - Schola Handbag making, Florence Italy (ten weeks)
2022 - LINEAPELLE, Simac, Milano Italy (two days)
2022 - Craft the Leather Workshop, Florence Italy (four days)
2022 - Pattern Making, Marcell Mrsan, NYC (two days)
2022 - Last Society Symposium, Detroit MI. (two days)
2021 - Schola Hat making plus multiple tours throughout the city of Florence Italy (five days)
2019 - The Honorable Cordwainers Symposium, Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia
2018 - The Honorable Cordwainers Symposium, Lancaster, PA
2018 - Craft the Leather Workshop, Florence Italy (four days)
2017 - The Honorable Cordwainers Symposium, Doylestown, PA
2016 - The Honorable Cordwainers Symposium, Rhode Island - RISD (three days)
2016 - Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock making workshop, Concord, Virginia
2015 - Footwear Symposium, Ashland Oregon (three days)
2014 - Carréducker Pattern Making, NYC (one week)
2013 - Lisa Sorrell, Western Bootmaking, Guthrie, Oklahoma (one week)
2011 - Carréducker Bespoke Shoemaking, NYC (two weeks)
2010 - Llorraine Neithardt Shoe-fine-art, NYC, (one week)
2009 - Sissy Puccio, Cert. Podiatrist, Cleveland Ohio (one week)