Portfolio: Shoemaking
Portfolio
01/01/1996 - 31/01/1996
2013.154
Portfolio for a shoemaking course belonging to Wendy Erdem.
This portfolio was made for a Higher National Diploma in Shoemaking at Cordwainers College, Hackney in 1996. The student, Wendy Marchant, attended the college between 1995 and 1998.
Cordwainers College (Made at)
Wendy Marchant (Made by)
Card
Paper
Plastic
Height (Front): 35cm
Width (Front): 29cm
Depth: 10cm
Width (Front): 29cm
Depth: 10cm
From the exhibition 'Faces Behind the Fashions: Hackney and the Garment Trade' [15 September 2022-20 February 2023]
Learning the trade
The prestigious Cordwainers Technical College in Hackney taught students about leathercrafts like shoe and boot making.
Cordwainers Technical College was established in 1913 on Bethnal Green Road. In 1946, the college moved to 182 Mare Street. It was later expanded and modernised. In August 2000, Cordwainers was incorporated into London College of Fashion.
Cordwainers are highly skilled crafts people, renowned for their high quality products which are usually made from leather. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers started the college and had strong ties with the shoe industry so many students went on to work in the trade for decades.
Courses on offer to students included footwear design, footwear production and bag making as well as more unique subjects like saddlery.
On display are pages from a portfolio belonging to a Cordwainers student who attended the college in 1996. The photographs and notes are part of a Higher National Diploma award.
Learning the trade
The prestigious Cordwainers Technical College in Hackney taught students about leathercrafts like shoe and boot making.
Cordwainers Technical College was established in 1913 on Bethnal Green Road. In 1946, the college moved to 182 Mare Street. It was later expanded and modernised. In August 2000, Cordwainers was incorporated into London College of Fashion.
Cordwainers are highly skilled crafts people, renowned for their high quality products which are usually made from leather. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers started the college and had strong ties with the shoe industry so many students went on to work in the trade for decades.
Courses on offer to students included footwear design, footwear production and bag making as well as more unique subjects like saddlery.
On display are pages from a portfolio belonging to a Cordwainers student who attended the college in 1996. The photographs and notes are part of a Higher National Diploma award.
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Footwear