Saturday 26 February 2011

Nash

Your new shoes are music to my ears...literally. Love your work.


And if anyone wants to try it at home here's how

1. Dismantle the amp and speakers


2. Meticulously take apart the control panel, switches, nodules and input sockets (checking at each stage to make sure things still worked - and solving any problems)

3. Mark on the sneakers where I was going to cut out the holes for the speaker cones, and then very carefully cut out using a scalpel






4. Gut the inside of the sole unit to fit the amp and mark the outside of the midsole to fit all the volume controls and LED (again making sure all was still working)




5. Mark and cut out the holes for the on/off switch and the audio input/output sockets





6. Design the wooden stands, cut them out, sand, clean, varnish and assemble them

7. Attach the sneakers and run the power cables through the stands


8. Fit the speakers and rig all the wires with a soldering iron and heat seal shrink rubber tubing (of which there were about 30 soldered joints)


9. Make bespoke phono cables, as standard cables are just black


10. Add a small plaque, depicting what does what on the sneaker control panel