RELEASED - just listed the template & how-to for this. See my shop at my link for this & more DIY cardboard shoe-ness. For my “Trash Talking” show this July, I’m making other Pumas from Lego & Gummy Bear boxes & more waste from German products to match Puma’s place of origin. just 1 idea running through the 100+ new pieces im making, the vast majority are not shoes - juice boxes, guns, gas nozzles, phones, cameras & much more. The trash tells a story. Stay tuned
made this for a new tutorial and it’s not one of the 100+ new pieces I’m making for my show coming this summer. And I haven’t released the tutorial yet. All coming soon
lacing this puma I made as a sample for a how-to tutorial I’ll release in advance of my show coming this Summer. Shoes will only be part of it, maybe 12-13 in a collection of 100 new pieces I’m making for the show. I’m also making guns from recycled packaging, gas nozzles & other fossil-fuel-industry-related objects, hand carved pieces from salvaged pallet wood, “Unhappy” meals, and a bunch of really disturbing kids juice boxes.
wrapping a strip around to glue & cover the cut cardboard edges of the sole
I be swooshin
Swoosh it to the left
Swoosh it to the right
Swoosh it on the cardboard shoe
to make it tight
I be swooshin
using wood stain to give this a wooden-ish look and make a contrast between the stained & unstained cardboard
Tongue time. This finishes most of the construction. Then it’s on to coloring & finish work
trimming out the cardboard Puma. also making a lil baby 8-inch one from Lego boxes for my show this Summer
gluing body to sole. Just as critical a step in the process as it sounds
added body to toe. This is the demo piece I’m making for another cardboard shoe tutorial. Then what I’m doing is using my own templates I’m developing while making this tutorial, and making another Puma (that you won’t see for a while) with boxes from Lego sets, Haribo gummy bears and beers from Germany, all in reference to Puma’s German origins. So that’s the part I won’t show for a while. This is just to show how I make the shoe. I’m saving the best parts for later
not a slipper. A toe body that’ll become a cardboard Puma
building a ‘slipper’ that’ll become a Puma. That’ll be an example for a tutorial. That I’ll release soon. That I’ll use to make another Puma with more intentional material for my show opening in Seattle this July
I am not making this for my show this summer, but I will make another cardboard Puma from Lego & Puma boxes for the show. Opens July 6 @minimartcitypark
cardboard shoe body
don’t think I ever posted the #tools I use to make my shoes. Upper right is my new favorite #glue
all the pieces you need to make your own cardboard Puma. I’m about to release the make-your-own DIY tutorial for this in advance of my upcoming show this summer, where I’ll have a bunch of cardboard shoes showing, but not just made from any old recycled cardboard. Each piece has its own story, with recycled material I picked for each one. Plus I’m making A LOT more than just shoes. I’ll have at least 100 new pieces for the show. Only about 14-15 will be shoes. But I’m making them in different sizes. Including baby baby Jordan’s.
Wow. I haven’t posted in months. Well, this is the start of something. Soon I’ll start posting images for my upcoming show this Summer @minimartcitypark. I’ve got over 100 new sculptures to show. Some of it will be cardboard shoe related, and this is the new template I’m just working on now so you can build your own Puma. There’s gonna be a lot going on for the show. 100+ sculptures is only 1 thing. Make your own shoes, games to play for free prizes, free drinks & junk food. Seattle is the place the place this Summer.
