23/11/10

Today we had artefact first. After planning our shoe and designing it for weeks and weeks we started making it today. Miss Pinnington showed us some shoes and some shoe designers so we could get an idea. We decided what and how we were going to make our shoe. I decided to make it out of modroc and have a clay heel. We could use wire, Mod-Roc, Clay, paper and some other materials.

How to Mod-Roc

1. Get enough mod-roc
2. Cut into squares
3. Get some water
4. Put a square into the water (but don't soak it).
5. Wipe the mod-roc
6. put the mod-roc on your object
7. wipe the mod-roc so there is no holes in it.
8. Repeat step 7 until you have covered your object
9. wait for it to dry.

I just covered my shoe in mod-roc for the whole lesson.

After Artefact i have Campaign which i am doing now. We are making posters for our campaign so people can read them and come donate to the RedCross.

Florida shoe factory

Earlier today we went to Florida shoe factory in Norwich.

The process of making a shoe.

1. Look at the magazines that predict the fashion trends for the next season.
2. Go to trade shows and get ideas for your shoes from there.
3. Make a themeboard (moodboard) for ideas such as colours of your shoe and materials.
4. After getting your ideas sketch the shoe you want to make that would be suitable for your target audience.
5. Draw your design on the computer and print it out on a plastic vac.
6. Scan design onto computer (CAD)
7. Make sure its the same size which is usually 4 1/2
8. They had a machine that cut out templates for your shoe, it can draw, cut out plastic and cut out paper. Cut out template with paper.
9. Send the templates to the factory.
10. The clicker man uses the templates to cut the material needed for the shoe.
11. They used heat to form the heel.
12. Use glue to stick the sole on
13. The women do the stitching and the men use the machines.
14. A bottom ruffer is used to mess up the sole of the shoe so it has grip and its not slippy.
15. The women attatch lining and insoles.
16. They then used a mini blow-torch to burn off unwanted fibres.
17. Then the insole is cleaned with a cloth
18. They put the shoes in a gas chamber and that makes it water-resistant.

Unknown facts about Florida shoe factory

1. Their expensive materials come from Italy.
2. The shoeboxes are made in China and flat-packed and sent to Norwich prison, the prisoners build them up to put the shoes in.
3. Their universal colour magazine is called Panton.
4. Making the shoe watrer-resistant adds another £5 to the price.

When we got there this man showed us around and told us every one's job and what they do and how they do it. The first man we saw was called Huzane and he sketched the designs for Van Dal. He told us about how he got into the job and everything that he does. After this man called Justin showed us what he does. He puts the design onto the computer and cut out the templates He cut out a template and he gave everyone a bit of the template. After that we went down to the factory and had a look at that everone else does, first we saw this man called Richard and he had a sharp pointy knife and cuts out the materials for the shoe and he cut some for everyone to take back with them. And then we had a look at everything and had a look at what everyne does. And when we finished lookingwe went into the Van Dal shoe shop and then we went back to Wymondham high.

Visiting Florida Shoe factory has helped us think of different ways we could develop our shoe. For example we could get magazines that predict the next fashion trends and make a theme board and then sketch our shoe.

hemstocks

Me, Hollie and Holly have just given the hemstock's Jewellers a call about coming in to the shop in wymondham to research the shops history and jewellery also to take some photos for our artifact unit. We are going into the shop next tuesday for about half an hour so we can take photos and write notes down.

Converse

We are researching converse, there are lots of different styles of converses, they are very nice and lots of people have them. The shoes weren't very popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor decided they were his favourite shoes. He was impressed with the shoes design so he became there leading salesman. After making a few changes to the shoes, the shoes got it's name and Chuck Taylor's signature on the all star sign.
converses were worn by the entire athletics team in the movie Grease. When Converse was bought by Nike in 2003 and operations were moved from the United States to overseas, the design saw a few alterations. The fabric for a short time was no longer 2-ply cotton canvas but 1-ply textile and many wearers noticed different patterns of wear.Because of these complaints the shoe was once again produced with the twin layer canvas design starting sometime in the past 5 years. This change caused about a £2.7 increase in the shoe across the brand from about £21.6 to £24.4 respectively. On the converse website you can create your own converses this shows that converse has become very popular. Loads of celebs wear converses like Zac Efron, Daniel Craig, Jedward, Paris Hilton, Chris Brown and many more!

Artefact

In the artifact unit we will be looking at why and how they are created and how they can be made out of natural materials. After that we will plan and produce are own artefact.