{"title":"Rachel Sees Snail Shoes","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanta Barbara, CA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eRachel Corry is an artist and shoemaker based in Santa Barbara, CA. She has been teaching sandalmaking classes for 15 years. The first time Rachel saw a shoemaker work was at a music festival in Wales. He was a clogmaker and she asked him to remake her favorite sandals. Shortly after they arrived, a fire in her apartment burned all her shoes, including the custom pair. Rachel couldn’t afford to replace them, and was curious if she could remake that same style myself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhen she tried to seek out sandalmaking lessons, she found that no one on the West Coast was making sandals, or teaching. Instead she turned to old books (from the 60s\/70s), cobblers (great to learn from), and shoemakers (the few one could find), to help her along her way. After a year of working on her bedroom floor remaking old sandals, \u003cem\u003eRachel Sees Snail Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 2010. The business is comprised of teaching classes, making DIY kits, and creating special 1-off pairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-sandal-workshop","title":"The Sandalmaking Workshop","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis how-to book, published in April 2021, is a complete introduction to making your own footwear at home!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBack when Rachel Corry was starting to make her own shoes, the only books she could find were from the 70’s and out of print. An update was long overdue— so she had to make one! \"In it, I focus on my first love: sandals. The book covers the basic steps of sandalmaking and my own simplified technique for shoemaking. It includes 14 step-by-step projects, each with traceable fold-out patterns. Also includes materials and sourcing notes to help you gather what you’ll need to start out. BTW, there is no need for specialized machinery!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThoughtfully published by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storey.com\/books\/the-sandalmaking-workshop\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Rachel Corry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41868646613082,"sku":"RC-Sandal","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/3643\/4522\/files\/Rachel-Sees-Snail-Shoes-The-Sandalmaking-Worshop-Book-for-Woring-Loose-Maine.jpg?v=1744731846"},{"product_id":"fish-sandals-by-rachel-sees-snail-shoes","title":"Fish Sandals by Rachel Sees Snail Shoes","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRACHEL SEES SNAIL SHOES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRachel is an artist and sandalmaker based in Santa Barbara, CA. Her brand RACHEL SEES SNAIL SHOES consists of workshops, kits, and custom orders. Rachel studied Art and Design at UCLA and later taught herself shoemaking on her bedroom floor using library books. Since then, she’s been teaching her sandalmaking classes all along the west coast for 15 years. Her how-to book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.workingloose.com\/products\/the-sandal-workshop\"\u003eTHE SANDALMAKING WORKSHOP\u003c\/a\u003e was published in 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVeg-tan leather, brass nails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize 8-8.5 ( she says they can fit size 8-8.5 due to the nature of the irregular shape..the model is a size 8)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHOE SHOW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41885486710874,"sku":"SHOESHOW-3","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/3643\/4522\/files\/Rachel-Sees-Snail-Shoes-for-Working_Loose_Maine_Fish-Shoes_61.jpg?v=1762910219"},{"product_id":"shoeshow-rachel","title":"Quadruple Rainbow Shoes by RACHEL SEES SNAIL SHOES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRACHEL SEES SNAIL SHOES    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanta Barbara, California   \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Corry  is an artist and sandalmaker based in Santa Barbara, CA. Her brand RACHEL SEES SNAIL SHOES consists of workshops, kits, and custom orders. Rachel studied Art and Design at UCLA and later taught herself shoemaking on her bedroom floor using library books. Since then, she’s been teaching her sandalmaking classes all along the west coast for 15 years. 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