Once the plaster had set within the shoe, I tried to retrive it, however in this case, the right cou
Once the plaster had set within the shoe, I tried to retrive it, however in this case, the right court shoe actually snapped along with the plaster interior. At first I thought it was useless, however when I cleaned up the plaster, smoothing it, it reminded me of the resin blocks found in pointe ballet shoes. Also the exaggerated and broken arch of the foot connected perfectly to the ideas of foot binding. -- source link
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