Shoemaker – Stretching

To determine the final shape, the upper is pulled over the shoe model called a "last".

Part of their permanent exhibitions is the Tradesmen’s Street dedicated to Celje’s industrial workers, the local industrial traditions, workers’ culture and the value of work. This section also includes a presentation of a shoemaker’s shop, where master shoemaker Anton Mužič holds occasional demonstrations.
Anton Mužič (*1930) comes from a shoemaking family where he learned the trade. He acquired additional skills and knowledge at a three-year vocational school that he completed with an apprentice exam. At first he worked as a shoemaker in the family shop and then after compulsory military service was employed at the Department of Orthopaedics in Celje hospital. He initially worked as a shoemaker and eventually re-qualified into a prosthetist. As a master craftsman, he has maintained contact with those working in orthopaedics to this day.


Sound recordist: Dušan Oblak
Video Recordist: Barbara Grilc
Photographer: Veronika Štampfl