Cinderella's Guide to Glass Shoes

[asakiyume]

The ninja girl sometimes makes tiny books, and recently she made one on glass footwear. She was inspired by experimenting with making waraji--Japanese straw sandals--which got her thinking about the viability of glass as a material for making shoes. (Here is a photo of some waraji.) She knew that shoes are sometimes made of inflexible materials--think wooden clogs--so she researched types of those and created CINDERELLA'S GUIDE TO GLASS SHOES



The shoes are rated three stars for possible--you might be able to wear such a shoe--two stars for risky, and one star for "clear and present danger"







(The peduka is like a flip-flop, but without the straps! Just the knob for your toes to grip)



And last but not least, just for fun, and completely unwearable, the glass sneaker:

Comments

[rushthatspeaks]

This is lovely, though I think the paduka is more dangerous than it is currently rated. I personally can't grip things with my toes that well, at any rate.

Now I'm remembering the absolutely giant pair of waraji they hang on the wall at the temple in Kamakura in case the Buddha wants to get up and walk around. The sign said they make a new pair every year, so I assume he wears them out...

[asakiyume]

so I assume he wears them out... --He is, after all, pret-ty heavy!