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About
I design and make shoes. I am obsessed with inventing new shapes and patterns, to create interesting, functional, and beautiful designs. I have applicable skills in construction, paper pattern making, last selection, sourcing materials, and designing in relation to handmade shoes. I am a shoe designer who makes handmade shoes, and I teach footwear design classes and lead students through last selection, last corrections, pattern-making, sourcing materials, fit issues and correcting sample shoe patterns. I have years of experience in the technical side of the shoemaking process. I am passionate about fit and construction and all the steps that go into the development of shoes. I am very hands on and work well with deadlines and multi-tasking.
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Education
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Loose CanonCranbrook Academy of Art
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PUBLIC SPEAKINGLecture at Massachusetts College of Art and Design2015
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Instructor ShowPenland School of Craft2011
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Master of Fine Arts Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfeld Hills Featured Article in Stylenot provided2009
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Bachelor of Fine Arts The School of the Art Institute Chicagonot provided2003
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Experience
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Shoemaking InstructorTextile Arts CenterNew York, NY* Led a 2-week shoemaking class at an internationally renowned craft institute. * Worked with studio manager create supply list source materials and vendors. Designed class theme structure and syllabus. * Taught pattern-making for sandals leather inlay overlay and decorative stitching. * Taught all the steps from paper pattern-making to constructing unique leather sandals.
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Shoemaking InstructorPenland School of CraftsPenland, NC* Led a 2-week lasted shoemaking workshop at an internationally renowned craft institute. * Worked with studio manager to create supply list, source materials, and vendors. * Designed class structure, theme, and syllabus. * Taught last modifcations for style and ft, design process and paper pattern-making. * Taught every step from sketch to construction of handmade shoes resulting in 12 unique wearable shoes.
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Museum of Art and DesignNew York, NY* Prestigious Juried residency at the Museum of Art and Design in NYC. * Designed and built unique design pieces to be displayed in museum exhibits. * Interacted with and demonstrated design processes to museum patrons. * Regularly posted to the museum design blog. * Sold work to private collector.
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Studio ManagerCranbrook Academy of ArtBloomfeld Hills, MI - (09/2008-05-2009) * Managed and organized department calendar. * Coordinated weekly and special events. * Assisted the department head in planning department events.
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Frye Boot CompanyNew York, NY* Assisted designers in sketching, cleaning up drawings, and creating technical packages. * Created mood boards to assist in design development. * Worked with Director of Product Development to select color pallet for Fall 2009. * Worked with VP/Creative Director to research design concepts for Fall 2009. SKILLS Sketching, design research, paper pattern-making, last modifcations, leather properties knowledge, hand-making shoes, correcting ft issues in samples, Adobe platform, mood boards, multi-tasking and meeting deadlines.
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Independent Footwear Designer Independent Studiomalikagreen.comBrooklyn, NY* Designed and manufactured one of a kind handmade shoes. * Created concepts, patterns and sourced materials. * Altered lasts as needed. * Problem solved ft issues. Adjunct Fashion Instructor Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA -
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ArtistResidence
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InternDesign
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Shoemaking InstructorPenland School of CraftsPenland, NC* Taught an annual winter intersession shoe design class in various themes including ballet fats. * Worked with studio manager create supply list source materials and vendors. Designed class theme structure and syllabus. Taught paper pattern-making last modifying and correcting ft issues. * Led daily demonstrations and assisted students in successfully designing and constructing wearable shoes.
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@malikagreen, member since 2009
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Following 11
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Followers 3
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