An interesting display about shoes...
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| 26cm high - the wearer needs support when walking in these! |
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| Riding boots with iron heels, and dancing shoes with extensive soles |
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| Toddler's shoes, and souvenir (or amulet) tiny shoes |
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The shoeshine box of "Celali Ibo Boyar, the cheerful shoe-shiner"
Syria, 1889s-90s; similar boxes are used in Turkey today |
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| The rear view shows extra drawers for yet more necessary shoeshine equipment |
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| Ceramic shoes based on European models |
Out of all that I got these pages -
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On the right, quick sketches of the shoes, and imagining
the footprints made - how big would the steps be? |
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| Not to scale! |
Sitting around the table after lunch, what did we discover?
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| Sue M's shoes |
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| Mags' opaque glass flask(s), 12-13th century |
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| Marina's flasks and interwoven patterns |
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| Sue S's metal objects |
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| Carol's metal objects |
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| Joyce's floral pattern from a huge ceramic basin |
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| Two views of Janet's jade terrapin |
Conversation touched on the availability and/or locations of sketching stools in various museums. Sue M and Carol had brought their own sketching stools along -
Considerations are height, comfort, weight, folded size, price ... and maybe whether it has a backrest.
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Inspiring as ever Margaret.
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