Foto superior: Alpargatas de trabajo de Antonio.
English version by Nacho Gil
Espadrilles
A few weeks ago already that I keep telling myself from a picture bellow: -“Come on, put yourself with the espadrilles as I teach you ‘cause if you leave it for too much you’ll forget it”. – Okay, Antonio (Lobato), you’re right”. And I have put myself. I refresh my memory with the photos and videos that I took to him, pick up one of his espadrilles for use it as a model, and there I go. After a while of turning it over, when the mystery of its construction has gone revealing and one discovers the steps to follow along with the reason that guides them, rises one’s hat and, with a cocktail of joy and gratitude, makes a toast to the health of… of nobody, at most to the intelligence and hands of one and others that over the time have gone developing a process that, of so easy and logical, astonishes. ‘Jo’(1), Antonio, how much reason you had when you told me that this was very easy! The difficult is oneself!.
Having figured out the general intricacy, a moment later one begins to discover details by looking for in the model of espadrille: That thin cord of three strands that reinforces the ending of the tissue, that little edging which protects and adorns the instep, delightfully free dressings, which let appear the love and care that put in the task who made them, although aware, probably, that hardly anyone would notice them. –“I’ve caught you Antonio; you did a little cheating in this wedge of the heel’s tissue. Of course, I understand it isn’t easy to solve the problem of the semicircle but what if I try to make two turns here instead of one?”- “Yes it seems it works better this way, though we must to improve that, eh!”- “Yes. You are right, teacher. For the next one”.
Nowadays, with mountains of shoes every where, almost nobody uses nor is interested in this kind of footwear. Ours seems like a ridiculous effort. Maybe. And maybe also, the only thing truly ridiculous be not to make ridiculous things. We go on with the espadrilles, no time to loose, there are endless possibilities in the vain attempt to improve them some day.
(1)Colloquial exclamation expressing, in this case,astonishment.
Upper picture: Antonio´s working espadrilles.
6 comentarios:
sigues siendo la leche.. bicos
y tu el café...
"ANÓNIMO" (buena marca!) Besos.
¡Son poreciosas Carlos!, con ese talón separado da punteira, que riquiñas. Pero que mañá que tes, hi hi hi. Que contento se vai por Antonio. Segue facendo para collerlle o tranquillo a ise talón.
Cristina. MUAKIS.
Me alegro de que te gusten. Cuando organice un cursillo te vienes.
Saludos Carlos, muy buen trabajo! Tanto las alpargatas como todo el blog. Enhorabuena.
Me pregunto si sería posible conseguir las instrucciones del proceso y/o los vídeos y fotos de los que hablas para intentar aprender.
Gracias de antemano.
Un abrazo,
Josep
Hola Josep, me alegro de que te sirva de algo el blog. La verdad es que no tengo unas instrucciones de cómo hacer las alpargatas y en cuanto al vídeo y las fotos dudo si servirán para hacer unas alpargatas a quien no las haya visto hacer o no se lo expliquen. A mi me sirvieron porque me refrescaron la memoria. En todo caso, cuando nos veamos llevaré lo que tengo recogido (vídeos y fotos) y si te sirven te lo paso. Hay alguna gente que, después de esta noticia que puse en el blog se mostró interesada en aprender a hacer las alpargatas así que igual este verano programo un curso en algún sitio para hacerlas. Un abrazo y a ver si nos vemos pronto.
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