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So most probably the latest change before the course. 
First course – starts one day before I indicated. The actual date:
16-17-18 August 2009
Second course (application will be accepted only if the first course is fulfilled)
19-20-21 August 2009.
 
At the moment this is all, soon more details will come about the design, materials, lasts. So, only interesting stuff. [...]

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So here are some more details.
Price: 895 USD for the 3 days course. I still didn’t accept any application (applications from June 1st – just to give enough time to everyone, because the participants number are limited to 9/course).
Also a new information, that not just pumps are available, but you can also make high heel [...]

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2nd Course end

These great people are my second course in New York. We made an English welted construction – and everyone could finish, which is really something to appriciate. 3 people – 3 different finish on the sole. I think one day – when I have enough former student, I will hold a course just about finishing [...]

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These are some nice photos  - thanks to Annie – from the first course. Enjoy! (I will post more soon)

People at work.

“it will be really a pair of shoe?”

John. American hand – Italian spirit. 

 

Natalie.

Annie

Mike

Natalie, working on her finishing.

And a few hours about pattern design.

And the ready pattern – taped together to check.

Fortunately it fits! (we [...]

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Yes, finally we have a chance to keep this course too.
My idea: ALL student at the end of this course will be able to create a high heel, without any machine. I let some space for your creativity at the beginning, making your high heel perfectly individual. We don’t make two same pair! And yes! Absolutely possibile to women too, not [...]

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Shoe Making Course in New York, 2009 August

Completing a very succesful shoe making course in May, we decided to continue teaching.
 - Anatomy of the Foot & Ankle
-  Foot Shapes & Sizes
-  Anatomy of a Shoe
-  Measurement Techniques
- Tool Selection
- Last Making and Modification
- Patternmaking
- Lasting Techniques
- Cemented Shoe Construction
Learn a new profession or simply improve your current shoe making [...]

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We asked the students to evaluate the course at the end, here are the result (sorry if it seems that I am not humble enough – this time I was more proud that humble):

 
“Excellent. Perfect mix of explanation & demonstration..”
“Only wish it were longer”
“Masterful, Proud to the part of a privileged few that have studied with Marcell”
“Marcell [...]

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