If today's world is characterised by extravagant footwear, shoemakers in the past produced shoes of all kinds and shapes no less creative than those of the 2000s. Among these one cannot fail to mention chopines, a very popular type of women's shoe between the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although today the 'wedges' of some chopines may resemble the twentieth-century wedges of the same name, in the vintage footwear the purpose ...

Recycling Art is an art direction based on the transformation of old, obsolete household items into new art objects. Recycling artists, like eco-artists, call for the elimination of the harmful environmental impact of household waste and the search for alternative resources and energy. Margaux Lange received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (2001), where she was first conceived ...