For finding out how I made those shoes please check my two stickys before asking here.


napkin technique, flowers


just two dancers painted on the shoes and then I asked several dancers to sign the shoes (Polina Semionova, Artem Shpilevsky, Friedemann Vogel, Lucia Lacarra, Cyrill Pierre, Beatrice Knop and more)


silhouettes of dancers


same pair


same pair


red christmas shoes


"Everything is stupid without you" sheep (napkins)


napkin technique, blue flowers


sheep, napkin technique, Mariane Joly wore the shoes in the past and signed them after I decorated them (not visible here, she signed the back)


peacock, napkin technique


Queen Luise von Preussen (napkin)


dancers, shoes are not finished yet


yellow butterflys, napkin


sequins, not finished yet


blue butterflys, napkin


covered with other fabric


fish, napkin


sequins, not finished yet


just a rhinestone and pretty ribbons, that´s it


roses, napkin


mussels, napkin


painted with silk colour


also just dyed with silk colour


another pair I covered with other fabric


sequins, not finished yet


deyed with silk colour, sequins (sequins not finished yet)


only green silk colour


oil colours


silver spray, they glitter A LOT


coloured

wow those are so pretty. might give me the extra boost i need to start ballet

Wow! I absolutely love them! Are they all your old pointe shoes, are they someone elses? That's a lot of them! If I tried to do that I am sure it would be disasterous! No lie! ...But great job!

tiny_dancer1

I do not dance on pointe, so they´re MY shoes, but not worn by me. They´re worn by pro dancers, mostly Staatsballett Berlin dancers. Or new shoes I got very cheap because they have weird sizes.

Kathy

I love Love LOVE them all!!

You are a true artist, Kathy!

Oh gosh! Have you showed these to a company? I am sure you could make a little on making them for cosumes for pros. They are absolutely amazing, and so inspiering to watch. You're such a creative person! Thank you so much for sharing, to a dancer, seeing decorations like that, on shoes worn by a pro is just like poetry..

Vladimir Malakhov owns a peacock shoe and Christiane Theobald (who´s directly behind him) owns the second one.
I made two pairs of tehm, for giving one pair to those two people.

And in the past I did sell some at ebay.

Kathy

They're absolutely beautiful! I'd love to try that someday but I'm afraid they'd just end up looking ridiculous. Oh well- it would give me something to do with my dozens of old pointe shoes.

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! so many beautifully colored pointes!!!!

Those....Kathy...you....AH! Those are amazing! Wow, lucky you to get old shoes from pros. That peacock one is my favorite (but it's so hard to choose!), it's so lovely and elegant. Wow. Amazing.

~Luthien

First of all do you even know what I would give to have Polina Semionova signiture.

anyway these are all so beautiful. There all so diffrent in an amazing way! I would love to own a pair of those.

I read your stickies and I'm just wondering, how do you find such pretty napkins?!

I´m looking EVERYWHERE.
Queen Luise and Peacock are from Castle Charlottenburg for example. Others are bought in a craftshop.

Kathy

I love your napkin technique. I sooo would LOVE to do that with my old pointe shoes when I get my new ones.

those are all absolutely BEAUTIFUL !
you're really talented, I'm jealous : )

I think your napkin technique is genius.
My favorites are the big red flowers and the Queen Luise von Preussen shoes.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful, creative collection.

These are great! I REALLY want to know how to do this!

Oooh, I love the roses, butterfly ones and the silhouettes! They're so pretty.

Those are absolutely gorgeous! You are talented in so many ways.

Those shoes are great! I love the peacock ones. Funny to think we both liked the same pattern - I bought a mug with that said peacock on it. I`d love to have pointes fitting my favourite mug!

You have a great talent for art.. I`m amazed!

Mariane Joly wore them!!!??? wow.

you have ALOT of shoes!!!

Awesome stuff! So cool!

Where can I buy napkin varnish and how much is it usually?
(I live in Canada incase it matters)

Try in craft shops. No clue how much it´s going to be in Canada.
You acn also use normal CLEAR (!!!!) varnish that you usually use for stuff like chairs, tables, doors and so on. That´s avaible in shops that sell nails, paint, and other stuff you need for renovation of a house.


Kathy

Beautiful shoes! I love them all! I am guessing even the ones with varnish on them are wearable or just decorations, I mean for hanging up and admiring?
Girl, you could make some serious money with those shoes!