During the exhibition Raphia will show the process of making a shoe of mainly natural components. In the footwear industry of today you will find a lot of synthetic materials and mass production. Raphia aims to make a shoe with ingredients nature
RAPHIA
Hosted byThis project is now archived and was part of DDW18
Event type
Exhibition
Location
Strijp T+R
Piet Hein Eek
Halvemaanstraat 30
5651BP
Raphia hevea
Raphia develops shoes and loves natural materials. It is founded by Said Belhadj, based in Utrecht in the Netherlands, where he co-runs the young designer shop Puha. Raphia makes him travel en connect with his roots in Morocco, where he is always in search for unique products and crafts. The upper shoe is made of leaves from the Raphia taedigera, a palm tree that grows in tropical Africa. The dried leaves are hand-stitched around the shoe last in the area around Essaouira in Morocco. The different techniques used in this process, result in the unique patterns of Raphia shoes.
Raphia in the making
Raphia
