Accademia Riaci
Student Reports

Read all class reports from our students!

Masami ISHIZUKA
Reporter
Masami ISHIZUKA

Nationality: Japan
Course: Shoe Making
Program: Master Course
Period: Sept. 5,2016-Apr. 28,2017

日本では10年間ほど靴づくりとは関係のないお仕事をしていましたが、趣味としてずっと好きで続けていたのが革細工でした。休日には財布など小物をコツコツ作る毎日でした。そしてそこから派生して、この2年間は神戸にある靴学校に毎週通いました。自分が考えたものが形になっていくことが面白くて、休日は疲れていても靴作りが楽しくて仕方がありませんでした。とても時間がかかる作業ですが、出来上がりだけでなく、出来上がっていく様子がなんとも言えません。
一年ほど前から、思い切ってお仕事を辞め、本場イタリア・フィレンツェに革靴づくりを学びに行くことを決めました。今年の5月より4ヶ月間、語学学校でお世話になりイタリア語で何とか授業を受け始めました。まだまだ分からない事だらけですが、楽しみながら頑張りたいと思っています。

I worked in Japan for about 10 years but my former job had nothing to do with shoe making. I simply liked leather working as a hobby. I used to make small items such as leather wallets on my days off. For this past 2 years, I studied every week at a shoe making school in Kobe, Japan. I totally enjoyed the process of how my idea became actual shoes, so I kept making shoes on weekends even though I was tired from my weekday’s work. It takes a long time to make 1 pair of shoes, but I just love the shoe making process itself.
I quit my job 1 year ago and decided to come to Florence to study shoe making. I took Italian lessons for 4 months from this May, and I am now taking shoe making lessons in Italian. There is so much I need to learn now, but I hope to enjoy this learning experience.

Apr. 21, 2017 | Posted in Reports, Shoemaking , | Tags:, Reporter: Masami ISHIZUKA | Course: Shoemaking

Shoe Making 26-Master Course 2016 (Student2)

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_01
写真上が先芯です。下はヒールカウンターです。

The upper in the picture is the toe counter. And the other is the heel counter.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_02
つま先に先芯を付け終えた所。

Just finished to put the toe counter.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_03
釣り込んでこのような形にします。木型を抜いてもつま先がしっかりします。

Then mount the upper like this. The toe counter keeps this shape.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_04
デコレーションを入れました。

This time I made some decorations on the toe.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_05
釣り込みが終わると縫います。こちらは一階目の縫いが終わった所です。

After mountaining, I stich by hands. Just finished the first stich.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_06
縫う為に糸作りをします。糸は単糸をよって作り、ワックスでコーティングします。

I prepare threads to stich. The threads are made from some single threads and wax.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_07
この日はJo君の誕生日でした.みんな嬉しそう。

It was Jo’s birthday, so every one celebrated him. Look happy.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_08
ジョットの塔から見たドゥオモです。最高の景色でした。

I took a photo of Duomo from the tower of Giotto. It was amazing.

Masami ISHIZUKA_20170407_09
4月1日日曜日は、街の至る所でデモ?行進がありました。何かは分かりませんが、ややお祭り騒ぎな雰囲気でした。

I saw some demonstration in the town on April 1st. I don’t know why,,,, but I thought it was like a festa somehow.


Comment

OTHER REPORT

Interior Design Summer Course (#2) – Yuri T

photo 1, 2 Santa Maria Novella Church After school…
Language:   Reporter: Yuri T.
Course: Interior Design

Read more

Interior Design Summer Course (#2) – Yumi K

While walking around at Art Visit, I found this ba…
Language:   Reporter: Yumi K.
Course: Interior Design

Read more

Jewelry Making Summer Course 2024 (n3) kyoko-T

We made grape torte with our landlady, using lots …
Language:   Reporter: Kyoko T.
Course: Jewelry Making

Read more

more

CONTACT US

At Accademia Riaci, we are recruiting Course Reporters from our students. The students who are chosen to become Course Reporters are given 10 % of the tuition as their scholarship fee.
The Reporters who have submitted excellent reports will have his or her profile posted on our school website for the next 5 years as an alumnae and will be able to connect with their business chancesafter their graduation.

Read more


    © 2024 Accademia Riaci. All rights reserved, P.I. IT02344480484 | "Accademia Riaci - International School of Arts, Design, Cooking, and Italian Language in Florence, Italy" | GENERAL CONDITIONS