The diagram illustrates how traditional wooden shoes,clogs,are made.
Overall, the wooden shoe making process has six steps including cutting the wood, outlining, shaping, boring out the shoe interior,finishing and decorating.
The first stage is when the wood, poplar or willow, is cut into a smaller size by a saw. The next step after this is outlining the wood piece which was previously cut by an axe: Next, extra pieces are cut with a knife and the shoe shape is formed. After this, the shoe interior is bored out by spoon drill and the hole is made. Then, sandpaper is used for finishing the shoe from inside and the outside in order to make shoes smooth and more comfortable to wear. Finally,there are optional steps where shoes can be decorated to personal preferences using different kinds of paints and brushes to improve overall appearance.
