'Kenai'

I considered naming this shoe 'cliche' because I had to invoke every version of  'if at first you don't succeed...' to finish it.  Fortunately, I'm pleased with the result. It harkens back to a trip to Alaska many years ago.
I don't know what kind of fur this is, perhaps rabbit.  As with most of my materials it was a thrift store find. I'd like to finish one more shoe before going to ArtPrize in September.  That should be quite an adventure.

undaunted

I haven't posted a work in progress for a while.  This shoe in the making is fighting me at every turn and I'm not sure at this point that it will work no matter what I do.  Makes me think of Cinderella's step sisters trying to make the glass slipper fit (in the original fairy tale I believe they even cut off some toes).  They say you learn more from your mistakes than successes. I'm about to find out if that's true :)