Birds Mule Shoes

Aliane Matei

Overlaid & moulded black full grain sheep leather, 2019.

These shoes echo the humanโ€™s most inner desire to fly, stepping from earth to air, matter to spirit.

‘The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors whoโ€ฆ looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through spaceโ€ฆ on the infinite highway of the air.’โ€• Wilbur Wright

Material: constructed out of a reused leather jacket.
Heel height: 12cm

ยฉ Aliane Matei


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