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Changing the world - one shoe at a time

This is Not a Shoe (TINAS) is a research-led creative practice from the Footwear Research Network that explores the stories, materials, and lifecycles embedded in the shoes we wear. Through deconstruction workshops and guided tuition, in Naarm/Melbourne (or wherever you are in the world), we transform well-worn or beloved footwear into artworks and wearables, building a deeper appreciation for what we put on our feet. TINAS is a creative invitation to slow the fashion system, honour craft and memory, and imagine more circular, connective ways of making and valuing things.

Pennie Jagello and Alexandra Sherlock standing in front of a wall of deconstructed shoes pinned in flat-lay formation. Pennie wears a pair of sneakers around her neck and Alex wears a black waistcoat made from a pair of black Asics sneakers

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We’ve been busy preparing for our next ‘This is Not a Shoe’ workshop this Sunday the 14th June at the @abbotsfordconvent in the education space at @dragonflytoys Do you have a pair of shoes you’d like to immortalise as an ar
This Sunday 🩴✂️ This Is Not a (Tiny) Shoe Workshop 📅 Sunday 14 June, 10am 📍 Dragonfly Toys Educational Space, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne Bring a pair of shoes that mean something to you. Over the course of the morning, you’ll deconstru
If you thought you’d missed out, think again. This is Not a (Tiny) Shoe has been rescheduled to Saturday 14 June and we’d love to see you there. Bring a pair of shoes that hold a memory: well-worn or simply too precious to pass on, conn
Have you kept your children’s shoes? 👟✨ First steps, school days, sporting triumphs, teenage milestones. Some shoes are too full of memories to let go of, but too worn to ever wear again. What do you do with them? Looking for a Mother’
How wonderful to see previous participant @kattbrownposts Swedish @philiphog sneakers continue their transformation in the hands of Iwona, a participant at our recent @melbfashionfestival #thisisnotashoe workshop. How lovely to think that the same pa
👟 One week on from #Internationalwomensday, we share another story from our #thisisnotashoe workshop at @penniejagiello 's studio at @abbotsfordconvent , part of the @melbfashionfestival independent program. @priwinckler is a footwear designer with