Maud Van Den Broecke

2018 QEST Cordwainers' Company Scholar - Bespoke Shoemaking
Oxfordshire

Maud’s fascination with shoemaking began at age seven when she saw the upper of her school shoes removed and a new sole applied. Her interest in high quality, handmade footwear endures.

She has studied Footwear Design & Technology at the London College of Fashion, trained with 2013 QEST Scholar Ruth Emily Davey, worked as a shoe designer and now makes leather goods and shoes as MvdB Leather. Learning to make hand-welted shoes and boots is her next step to becoming a full-time bespoke shoemaker.

I’m thrilled that the QEST Cordwainers’ Company Scholarship will fund six months of weekly training on lasting, hand-welting, stitching and finishing at the Carréducker Shoemaking School, run by Deborah Carré (1997 QEST Scholar) and James Ducker.

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