Okay, this was the first time I hacked a shoe (wrapped half the shoe in corduroy and spray painted a motif on it)
Loads of mistakes were made but the end result was raw and gritty the way I like it (pic above)
Just to share my fun, here’s how you can screw up a pair of shoes, too.
You will need…
- Plain canvas slip-on. Preferably your own. I used a faded-green Everlast pair, RM39 from Sg.Wang.
- Fabric glue
- Sharp scissors
- Spray can (the color I chose… dove grey)
- Miscellaneous fabric (I keep a lot of junk fabric, leftover from the end of my pants etc)
- A crafty, careful partner (I used Swen. She once made an Optimus Prime outfit for me and that rocked, so here she is again ;P)
STEP 1
Choose a pattern you like, and cut out a stencil thing.
This pattern was inspired by a poster I once designed for a band in Newcastle, Sydney.
Transferred to paper by the very crafty Swen (thanks hun!)
STEP 2
Prepare cloth cut-outs.
I initially glued them to the shoe before spraying the print on. But in hindsight I should have sprayed the print on the cloth before pasting the cloth on the shoe.
STEP 3
Spray very slightly!
Spray paint seeps into cloth, bleeds n blurs out (we learnt the hard way).
Depending on how prominent you want the motif to be, I guess you can apply layer by layer, waiting for paint to dry in between. I settled for a very subtle impression.
STEP 4
Blog about it and share your experience with others!
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Overall it took only about an hour and it was loads of fun… and I’ll be wearing my crazy invention tomorrow ;)
I might do this again another week.
Any ideas, experiences, comments related to canvas shoe hacking? Let me know.
