It is said that "A book can show you the path to take, but shoes take you down that path."
Feetour combines children's books and shoes, to show children the way and then give they the ‘shoes’ to take they to that destination.
Feetour combines children's books and shoes, to show children the way and then give they the ‘shoes’ to take they to that destination.
Each book in this series of five books refers to a distinct ancient culture, which includes Chinese, Indian, Greek, Egyptian and Mayan. The stories are folktales of the cultures, and every story has drawings that portray unique artistic characteristics of that culture. Using traditional shoe styles and different bookbinding will inspire children's sense of touch and sight, and guide their imagination to have world adventures of their own.
The shoes of Feetour are made of waterproof and tear-resistant German natural washable kraft paper.
Each pair of shoe-books contains one tranditional folktale. The Right foot is in Chinese, and the left foot is in English.
The Brave Tiger
The Chinese shoes are designed from The Brave Tiger story. Tiger shoes are commonly worn by babies in the countryside of China even today. The toe caps of these shoes are made into a tiger's head. One of the old traditions that chinese people hold is that the tiger is brave, strong and brings luck. A tiger head is believed to drive evil spirits away.
Illustrations in this story are patterned after China's traditional woodblock printing.
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal
The Indian shoes are designed after Mojari or Khussa shoes. This shoes were wore in ancient times by common folk and royalty. This style style of shoes was handcrafted and produced in Punjab Pakistan and India.
The story is illustrated with the KALAMKARI painting style. Kalamkari is the art of hand-painting on textile using colors extracted from plant roots and vegetables. This style originated around temples and depictions of religious legends from wich people learned the stories of their gods.
The Trojan War
The Greek shoes are designed from Tsarouchia. Tsarouchia is Ancient Greek traditional hand crafted leather shoes and is known as part of the traditional uniform worn by the Greek presidential guards.
The Greek shoes are designed from Tsarouchia. Tsarouchia is Ancient Greek traditional hand crafted leather shoes and is known as part of the traditional uniform worn by the Greek presidential guards.
The story is illustrated with red figure vase painting, which was invented in Athens, 530 B.C.. This style is characterized by figures being drawn in the original red-orange of the clay with a black background.
Tale of Two Brothers
The shoes are designed after one Pharaohs' sandals. The Pharaoh's sandals had pictures of the traditional enemies of Egypt depicted on the sole. This wasn't just decoration but was to symbolically represent the Pharaoh trampling his enemies and keeping Egypt safe.
The story is illustrated with the papyrus painting, Papyrys is first known to have used in ancient Egypt, used for painting and writing.
A Story of Ixchel
The shoes are designed from Huaraches. They are a type of woven leather sandals. These leather sandals can be found all over North and South America.
The story is illustrated with the Mayan Stelae, wich consists of tall sculpted stone shafts referred to as altars. Most of them done in low relief- a sculpture technique that used shallow cuts into stone to create a mostly two-dimensional figure.
