To make their footwear, indigenous people tapped the gummy white sap of the rubber tree and dipped their bare feet into it before drying them by the fire. When the sap hardened, it formed a rubbery protective “sneaker” that made rough treks through the dense rainforest less damaging to their feet.
Uses of rubber date all the way back to the 1600’s when the Mesoamericans used it for (...) a type of temporary rubber shoe that was made by dipping their feet into a latex mixture.
The darker Amazon shoe is further down. The more ornate one is Macintosh's.
All at Kew gardens in London.
Sorry, I found no pictures.
We didn’t need more proof of enshitification of the internet but hete it is. A super cool bit of history and its main point online is to sell massproduced feetware.
The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project. I tried to find what became of it since because the plan was to make 13 and exhibit them in a musea and they theoretically would
Bankrupt the music industry over a while. Yet the only information about it i can find is sensational articles from back then when it was just 1.
The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project.
Interesting! I instantly like this dude, after reading his Wikipedia article.
https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/the-origin-of-the-rubber-sole/
https://historyofrubber.weebly.com/discovery.html
Do you know of any picture of this? All i can find is ads for sandals inspired by this phenomenon.
Closest I can find is an Amazonian rubber shoe from the late 19th century here:
http://www.wildrubber.com/wild-things/mackintosh-rubber-shoe
The darker Amazon shoe is further down. The more ornate one is Macintosh's.
All at Kew gardens in London.
Sorry, I found no pictures.
We didn’t need more proof of enshitification of the internet but hete it is. A super cool bit of history and its main point online is to sell massproduced feetware.
The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project. I tried to find what became of it since because the plan was to make 13 and exhibit them in a musea and they theoretically would Bankrupt the music industry over a while. Yet the only information about it i can find is sensational articles from back then when it was just 1.
Interesting! I instantly like this dude, after reading his Wikipedia article.