EACH STUDENT IS GIVEN ONE-ON-ONE ATTENTION.
EACH STUDENT SHOULD GET HER/HIS PERSONAL EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO PERFORM HER/HIS COURSE.
(see tab: MATERIAL)
The courses are on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 am
to 9 pm.
STUDIO HOURS ARE SOLD AS FOLLOWS:
For 15 Hours: $375
For 25 Hours: $562 saving $63
For 38 Hours: $855 saving $95 Hours credited to any course are not transferable.
For 51 Hours: $1,147 saving $128
For 74 Hours: $1,665 saving $185
For 85 Hours: $1,935saving $220
For 120 Hours: $2,700 saving $300
| DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSES |
- Material included.
CLASS : A. Length of course: 120 hours
This course proceeds over a 4-week training period. Good for three months.
First week:
The student immediately experiences a Sense of Production, by starting with an existing order. They will process 12 pair
throughout the Series.
As in real manufacture, the student will have to break down the steps of the production.
Some components of the manufacture must be produced beforehand.
In addition, all the other elements, necessary to the model in production, will be gathered in advance as well.
Second week:
Here attention is on Assembling of the Elements. A working rhythm is established, as a cadence of factory production.
The student will train and practice several steps, in order to understand and appreciate the intensity, the rhythm and the
consistency of production.
Third week:
Students concentrate here on Finishing the Order, which also includes the cleaning, packaging and shipping-preparation
4th week:
At this point, we Review the Line of Production, and all earlier steps are re-visited. A Student is “tested” this week by
completing a smaller order, which gives to the Teacher an opportunity to spot areas of weakness, and to the Candidate, a real-
life challenge and a comprehensive view of the overall process.
- Length of course: 15 hours
CLASS :B. Make Your Own Boots
Material NOT included. Good for one month.
This course offers patterns - already made - that give you the opportunity to get a quick start in the
process of bootmaking, and help you enhance your production, to at-or-under 15 hours of work per pair.
With these existing patterns, you can already see the finished product, displayed on the walls of the
classroom / workshop. You will soon understand the fundamental rules relating to the construction of any
pattern, and so, beginning with our patterns, you can create an infinite variation of patterns.
It is important for us that you get your pair of boots as quickly as possible in order to keep you interested,
satisfied and pleased with your splendid new skills.
If any student wishes to develop her/his own pattern, she/he could always takes our:
"I- Comprehensive Course on the Art of Boot-making:", where each step of the process is even
more deeply developed (scrowl down)
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your
footwear and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the
material you use.
CLASS :F. Make Your Boots With Your Child :
Length of course: 25 hours
Material NOT included. Good for one month.
We’ll teach you and your child how to make boots in real time! .
The best introduction of any skill is when it is done by one of the parents, right before the eyes of their child.
It will also create a special bond between your youngster and you!!!!
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your footwear
and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the material you use.
- CLASS :I- Comprehensive Course on the Art of Boot-making:
Length of total course: 85 hours
Good for two months.
Material NOT included.
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your footwear
and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the material you use.
These studies were developed to be completely goal-centered. This is an application of the field, in order to
generate a living. Nothing is taught without genuine necessity-of-life in mind.
All artistic development is strictly respected and never changed or judged. Each student is a magnificent and
powerful artist, who needs to develop a Command of the Craft, and to be coached in order to master her/his
skills, run a line of production and sell their manufactured goods in stores or directly to the public - to
applause / satisfied feedback!!!
-1 Study the Model: Beginning with your drawing(s) we gather all pictures, documents - any specific design
details you can bring, and we come as close as possible to the feeling you are trying to express through your
footwear.
All dreams are welcome, and of course you are coached with industrial methods & technical advice to
engineer the steps necessary to make those dreams manifest.
- - 2 Patterns: From the model described or supplied by the student, or by the last itself, we will develop
patterns to manufacture the first prototype, using the chosen material.
Length of course: 15 hours
- 3 Last: Study of the last itself - it’s demands, limits, applications, advantages, and possibilities.
Length of course: 25 hours
- 4 Manufacture of the Model: Study of the model to prepare it for manufacture. Here, a thorough
breakdown of the multiple steps required is covered - in order for the manufacturing process to begin.
A small line of production will be then set up by the student, and driven from the raw material stage to the
end - packaging.
Length of course: 15 hours
- 5 Delivery and Sales: Here we approach a vital step – a step usually neglected, but if so, one that is
devastating to any business. It is the “face” of your enterprise. The way you deliver, to a big company or an
individual, has a huge impact on your success. Techniques of basic sales strategy, which have been
successfully implemented for years, are presented by us to be developed/personalized by each student.
Length of course: 5 hours
CLASS :J- Make Your Own belt:
Length of course: 15 hours
Material NOT included. Good for one month.
You use our patterns, where all the sizes are already prepared. You can bring your leather or use ours. You
can pick the buckle, bring one of yours, or - even better - you can take a class to design your own buckle!!!
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your footwear
and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the material you use.
CLASS :K- Make Your Own Buckle:
Length of course: 25 hours
Material NOT included. Good for one month.
Ms. Sandrine Valentine, will coach students in making a model (your design or a standard design) of a
buckle - first by carving wax and then finishing the buckle in your choice of different metals.
CLASS :M- Access To Factory for Designers or Former Students:
Material NOT included.
Length of course: 15 hours
Good for one month.
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your footwear
and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the material you use.
We want to help every bootmaker, and find it difficult not to say yes -regarding access to our Hoyt Street
manufacturing facility – in an “emergency”. For our students, who may not have anymore admittance to
another school’s equipment, and need to wrap up a project, or for a designer who needs to complete some
specific step in order to finish a sample, we will – in certain circumstances – allow access to our machines.
Here we wish to avoid the failure of some great project, because the individual has no recourse to access
necessary equipment.
This service is ONLY available to finish a project already in progress and will always be coached by our
Team!
CLASS :N- Make Your Own Heel:
- Material NOT included. Good for one month.
- In case of material used from the School, the material will be charged at the end of the production of your footwear
and is charged at the price of the wholesaler or manufacture. No profit is made from ORA on the material you use.
Olivier will coach you on how to work with plastelina and other materials to carve your own heel. Then he
will help you finish it, and also develop an alternative finish, in order to match your footwear and/or your line
of fashion.
O- Private Instruction or Business Consultations:
All consultations for private use or business application are $100 an hour, with a minimum of one full hour.
These consultations are scheduled by appointment and in private only.
For info call: 1-917-673-3891
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