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"It's difficult and almost impossible to remember the entire shoemaking process all at once."
Shoemaking Courses Online by Sveta Kletina is the Original shoemaking platform, started back in 2013 to offer online shoemaking training worldwide. The courses are taught by a real professional who not only teaches but also manufactures her own shoes.
As a student, you will always have available resources for you to keep learning, checking the process, and avoiding mistakes until you get it right.
550 Video Lessons - Follow the Shoemaking Program
On our platform, we have more than 550 video lessons [each lesson 45-95 minutes long ], which is a total of 500 hours of lessons. To guide you from basic to advanced footwear models, we created the Full Shoemaking Program for you to follow.
Students make shoes for themselves, their families, and even open their businesses.
Quality is always important for us!
Why and How to Learn Shoemaking Online Here
Why Shoemaking Courses Online is the best place to learn shoemaking
Full Step by Step Courses - From Pattern to Finished Pair of Shoes
Every lesson length is between 45-95 minutes (and even more) and the main reason for it is, that I don't skip any step of the process, so you will receive full and detailed instructions. You hear my explanations, you see what I do and you follow my steps.
Learn From Mistakes
In every step of the process, I focus on the mistakes that you can make and how to avoid them, so that when you will finish my courses you could work by yourself.
It's important for me to explain, why you need to work in a certain way because that is how you become independent.
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Work At Your Own Pace - Always Available 24/7
When you join any of my shoemaking courses or programs you will get unlimited online access for the period of your membership.
You can Watch all courses online 24/7 and you can Download all the courses.
Why this is good for you?!
The shoemaking process is full of details and it is extremely difficult to remember it all from the first time.
My courses are always available for you to watch and practice, so you don't have to remember everything at once.
This will give you the freedom to practice with an online and offline source that is always available.
Work at Your Pace: All my courses are downloadable and that means you will have them even after your membership will expire. You can continue practicing and improving your skills.
Online Support- I am always Here for you
During the process, you will have many questions and that is how it suppose to be.
You can send me your questions, images, and videos and I will guide you to find the solution.
Why don't you offer lifetime access?
In 1999 my uncle who lives in New York won the Blockbuster "lottery" and got a "LIFETIME" free pass to get any video rental [max 3 per week].
Blockbuster ceased operations in 2014 together with my uncle's "LIFETIME" free pass.
I offer something better to my students, Download all courses to your computer and have real lifetime access.
Make The Shoes That You Want - All Courses in One Place
With shoe-making courses, you will have the complete package.
With 25 shoemaking courses, you will learn all the main classic types [ see all available courses].
Here you will not learn only one type of footwear, like in most courses, you will learn different footwear types, from pattern to finished pair of shoes, and this will give you the freedom to choose what shoes you will want to make.
Different techniques
I will teach you different shoemaking techniques like:
- How to measure your foot
- Cutting/Assembling/Sewing
- Pattern making
- How to customize your last according to your foot measurements
- How to make cardboard and leather insoles
- How to make heels from wood& leather, EVA foam
- Wedge making from cork
- Sole making and personal design
- Working with different materials
- Different approach to lasting
- Working with minimum tools
- Hand-sewn techniques
- And much more
Pattern Making
You will not get ready-made patterns from me, you will do it yourself.
I am focusing on pattern making a lot in my courses because, believe it or not, this is the core of shoe making and this will make the difference between quality, good-looking shoes and just amateur work.
- You will learn how to apply your design correctly on the last.
- Rules of construction
- Different pattern-making techniques that are easy to follow.
- Techniques that you will not find in any shoemaking book
- Tables of measurements
Learn Shoemaking The Smart Way
I teach you what I believe, and I teach you the same way I work.
I will teach you the smart and fast way to make shoes. How to use patterns and constructions that you already made and apply them for your next work. This way you will work faster and smarter.
In my Footwear Design course [ Practical Workshop] I will teach you how to create your own shoes, beyond the classic footwear types that you already learned, meaning you will get total freedom to create any type of footwear, your own shoes.
Shoemaking Supplies Resourses
As a beginner in shoemaking, you should start with basic shoemaking tools and materials. You can't expect to handle all the tools we, professional shoemakers, use. That doesn't mean you should cut corners and make your shoes into another DIY YouTube project.
I have developed an approach for beginners to get the most confidence and great progress in their work with a minimal set of tools.
You will receive from me detailed guides about tools, materials, and leather for your next project.
Also, our big community gathers enough information about good suppliers for you.
I Am a Total Beginner, is it For Me? How long will it take to make a pair?
You are in the right place. Most of my students are beginners, and that is why my courses are focused on the process.
You don't need prior experience as we start from the bottom.
In every one of my shoemaking courses, I begin the process by applying design, through pattern making, assembling, lasting, and all the rest, without skipping any step.
In my 1-Year program, we start learning shoemaking from basic,
simple footwear construction courses to the more advanced and complicated courses.
That is why I created a Shoemaking Program for you to follow.
How long will it take ...
There is no straight answer to this question except, we all learn and work at different paces.
It always depends on how much time you will invest in learning and work.
Some students make shoes in a week, some students work 2 hours a day, and complete a pair in a month.
Here at shoe-making courses online, you make your own schedule! You learn at your own pace, watching courses online or downloading everything to your computer to learn offline.
The best way will be to show you an example of what you can do in this period of time:
Emma joined my online courses, and here is her progress during the first 2-month period.
Emma is a real hard worker and, she shared her progress on our Facebook group:
It's really up to you! Learn at your own pace to achieve the best results.
Philip: Students Welted shoes
I Want To Make Men's Shoes! Do you have Men's Footwear Courses?
Understand This One Important Fact
There are footwear types with the same shoe construction for men's and women's shoes.
These models are: Oxford shoes, Moccasins, Derby shoes, Ankle boots, Unisex sandals, Sneakers, Barefoot shoes, Dr. Martens Boots.
Our members take our courses to create footwear for men and women.
Beyond this, we Do Have Men's Shoes Courses:
Loafers Making Online Course
English Welted Brogue Oxford Men's Shoe Course
Sneakers Making Course
Dr.Martens Style Boots Course
About me
I’m Sveta Kletina, founder of Shoemaking Courses Online. Like you, I have a great passion for shoes and shoemaking. I’m a shoemaker, footwear designer, and artist who knows how challenging but at the same time rewarding it is to create shoes by yourself from scratch. It takes a lot of dedication and work, but I love it.
20 years ago, I earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and went on to become a shoe designer and shoemaker after learning the technique in Italy. I got a deep understanding of the craft while working at several Italian and Israeli shoe factories, and I even created my own shoemaking and pattern-making methods to create and manufacture the shoes I want to make.
In 2008, I launched my own footwear brand, "Sveta Kletina" of bespoke luxury footwear for women.
My major goal is to make this skill accessible to anybody who has a passion for making shoes using simple equipment and no sophisticated technology.
In 2013, I launched Shoemaking Courses Online, and more than 3300 students have attended my courses since then. I consider this platform to be my personal achievement, having students from all over the world learning this wonderful craft.
You welcome to visit my brand website and check my current collections
www.svetakletina.com
If you are on the fence and can't decide if my shoemaking courses are for you, here are some resources to help you decide:
I'm focused on making my teaching professional and proud to say my students are not only making shoes for themselves, but also creating bespoke shoes for clients and even developing their shoemaking courses locally, based on my classes.
Here are the shoes my students make: SCO student projects
You can choose any of my shoemaking courses to choose from, or you can get more with my bundles or programs:
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