Shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers: folding leather edges (2)

About the sound

The sound of gluing and folding leather edges. The recording was realized in Adam Cieślak’s Shoe Uppers Repair Shop at 3 Dąbrowskiego Street in Warsaw (Poland).
The folding of edges is performed within the process of sewing new uppers for shoes made to measure. Thinned leather edges are covered with rubber glue and folded, the craftsman presses the glue seam with the use of a shoe upper hammer. The folding of edges strengthens the shoe upper and makes the shoes look more elegant.
Services provided in the shoe uppers repair shop include the narrowing, widening and shortening of boots, stretching of shoes, replacement of zippers in shoes, sewing straps on too loose shoes, replacing buckles and elastic bands in shoes, sewing in shoe counters and replacing shoe padding. The shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers prepares also the uppers for shoes made to measure but nowadays, he much more frequently performs shoe repair works.

Sound recordist: Monika Widzicka
Photographer: Iwo Wachowicz
Video recordist: Iwo Wachowicz