What was the purpose in using cardboard (instead of polymer clay, for example)?
Given that I made mostly trendy, expensive shoe styles, it’s ironic to use a cheap disposable material like cardboard. I like the juxtaposition and double-meaning. Cheap, disposable material makes an expensive product, oddly resembling the manufacturing of boutique footwear. But the labor makes the shoes into art, not shoes. These concepts bounce back and forth, but I’d rather it not be a heady discussion bogged down in academic ramblings. The simple image of the cardboard shoe speaks humorously and clearly on consumerism. Q: Do you own the real-life equivalents of the shoes? A: I do not and never have. Many of the “important” shoes I chose for this show are actually ones I hated because they seemed like such mindless conformity to a trend- Vans, Chuck Taylors, Crocs, etc. My bluntness is probably a result of bitterness. I’ve just never had the money to spend on expensive shoes. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).
