I Have Walked...
I Have Walked
Sruli Recht Shoes 2008
"I have walked,
blindfolded on the splintered plank to death in your sea.
Commanded the infantry of the Qualities war
through rivers of blood to tired slow victory.
Climbed the balcony to my Egyptians lair of blurred fantasy
and stole her heart, infinitely.
Each footsteps of fortune as we march under this sun
into Venus ‘s orbit and deep deep intimate dusk.
Sons of Eros and Brothers of Mercury, follow your heart
and walk with me."
- these are Icelandic designed shoes of Sruli Recht, hand-lasted and numbered one by one by the master shoe maker workshop of Brendan Dwyer, entirely leather, entirely deadly.
Hvalsforhúðsskór - Dorks
button up ankle boot with pleats and cuban heel
type: boot
composition: minke dork
heel: 2” raw leather cuban
colour ways: caramel sandstone
gender: homme
hunter and hunted, charred end cycles of left over limits.
holes in these things less for the breathing,
chasing that whale, too late in the evening,
“its the new dolphin - a stand in for the ozone,
and that hole itself? is just the next blackman”
Preferred Application: caritas
Grey Nurse
button up ankle boot with pleats and cuban heel
type: boot
composition: all cow Leather
heel: 2” raw leather cuban
colour ways: kelp green
gender: homme
ocean filtered light flickering over my eyes, steps that cut, and a
very distant headache. low button up leaden boots, one piece of
leather pleated into shape and soft leaning heel. just one tired sleek
shark swimming through tomorrow.
Preferred Use: espionage and straight out traditional Mexican standoff.
nothing more to say.
Slipping Away
light sleek slipper
type: shoe
compositions: a. goat b. sheep
heel: hidden wedge heel and small leather outer
colour ways: 1. midnight brown/ white sole 2. stripped plaster
white/ oxblood sole
gender: femme
deep black nights and sharp white mornings, this slipper formed
to reveal the foots gentle face and hug together the sides. the inner
wedge heel provides the structure, leaving only a small hidden
crescent heel outside.
Advisable Conditions: silent stalking of bounty in heavy gravity
atmosphere. cat burglary of reclaimed Nazi heisted artwork. general
languid lazy mornings involving small cats.
With A Silver Tongue
transitional shoe with folding button down tongue that becomes motorcycle boot
type: shoe
compositions: a. kangaroo b. goat c. cow
heel: boat hull shaped pine
colour ways 3: a. rust b. midnight brown c. gunmetal
gender: homme
compounded moments, rolling last hour memories and that single
remaining breath: a division of quilted motorcycle boots, rowing
boats, and football tongues... this shoe has no place.
Best Environment: none. this is not a shoe.
Czech Bootleg
quilted boot with cuff
type: shin high boot
compositions: a. kangaroo b. cow and canvas
heel: angled raw leather cuban
colour ways 2: a. entirely rust b. cream check canvas and gunmetal
leather
gender: homme
having taken a wrong turn I found myself entirely surrounded by
nothing at all. thus, I kicked the dirt shooting dust across a crooked
bleak horizon... it was then that my head was shot with blood filled
light and I fell forward... through the cloud of dried mud I´d just
created, and onto that hard cracked ground.
the quilted upper leg of the shoe is turned to the outside and
dropped over the foot, reshaping the standard ranch familiarity for
smoother conflict and harder derailment.
Preferred Conditions: dirt
The Messengers Veins
structured boot with cuff
type: shin high boot
composition: buffalo
heel: 2” raw leather cuban
colour ways 1: burnt umber
gender: homme
disoriented... somewhere, one way through the Sahara, 50 years
from now... sweet creaking leather, stained with days of dark slow
loss and broken yellow eyes. no cactus juice left... but a pocket full
of black ice.
the whole boot is formed from displacement... the heel slid back
off the foot, leg pushed out to reshape the silhouette, the cuff
angled and weary. this is a heavy boot, for solid emotional men and
throat cutting thieves. you either buy these with hijacked platinum,
or take them from the man you just held up.
Preferred Use: rapid duelling with advanced lazer based weaponry
or kicking the flanks of elephants. hard.
