Traditional Wooden Shoe Carving Demonstration

BHC will host Luke Traver from Luke’s Lost Arts who will present the art of wooden shoemaking, explaining the process as he manually carves a pair of wooden shoes. Luke will demonstrate the carving techniques he learned as an apprentice to the late Master Shoe Carver Bob Siegel, Jr. (Sieg). He uses only three primitive hand made tools and a wood vice. His programs are enhanced with history discussions followed by a question and answer session with those in attendance.

Join us at BHC from 10:00-noon to see Luke in action, see the wooden shoe artifacts, and share any stories, pictures, or artifacts you may have about wooden shoemakers in our collective Belgian heritage.