Shoes Like Pottery

Shoes Like Pottery take quality, well-sewn canvas and vulcanize the soles onto the uppers in a pottery kiln. The sulphur inside the raw rubber chemically reacts with the heat and pressure of the kiln, making the rubber simultaneously supple and strong. The cyan colored rubber bottom is likewise fused to the rubber outsole and additionally presents a flash of modestly placed vibrancy in your stride. The benefits of their unique process are superior durability and shoes that are extremely comfortable even before they’re broken in. With rubber glue laminating the outer surface and a rubber core in the heel and toe, they return to their shape even when crushed.

Handmade in Kurume, Japan in a factory that has been producing since 1873, Shoes Like Pottery make a casually elegant shoe with a history of detail work that blurs the line between industrial products and craft. The streamlined details and minimal branding - using a moonstar sealing-wax like stamp along the rubber tape wrapping, make those of us that love Converse styling into Shoes Like Pottery converts through the details and craftsmanship. Their name speaks to the thoughtful process of production, but the rest is in your comfortable step.