Foot Casting

process of creating a mold of the foot

especially common in orthopedic shoemaking

Techniques

A mold of the foot can be taken with a quick-drying medium, either as a loose clay-like mixture or impregnated in fabric.

Plaster of Paris

• Riivo Cycling Shoes tutorial
  • many customers prefer to mold themselves, even though harder
  • plaster bandages
  • platform with screw-adjustable heel pitch and toe spring
  • foam foot mat wrapped in plastic
• Acor Orthopaedic Tutorials
  • Bivalve Method
    • one piece behind heel and under foot
    • other piece over toes, instep, and shin
  • Posterior Opening
• Andi’s Workshop casts the feet with a cutting strip over instep up the leg, then cuts like a cast and pulls the foot out
  • Ladies’ Boots
  • Hiking Boots
• Alexandre Faure casts the foot in two parts, medial and lateral, with an open bottom

Socks Impregnated in Resin

• STS
  • Rocket7 Custom Cycling Shoes Process

Fiberglass

• Acor Orthopaedic

Alginate

• Smooth-Oh Lifecasting Kit Tutorial

Entries Linking Here

• 3D Scanning
• Crary Shoes
• Geometric Methods