handmade sandals from pressed coconut husk fibres, woven jute mat and jute twine
the core of the sole is made from a coco-disk made from pressed together coconut husk fibres usualy used for mulching in the garden cut custom to my feet size, wrapped with several layers of wofen jute mat
i used a twine made from jute, opened it into three smaller threads to use it to saw the jute mat layers onto the cocodisc core sole
the straps to hold the foot are also sewn onto the sole and are made from folded and rolled together and sewn together layers of jute mats
i have walked only a few meters outside with them after i finished making them
i bought all the materials in jumbo bern, the coco-disc was about 6 swis francs, the jute twine also about 6 francs and the jute mat was something like 25 francs
i used about a fifth or less of the 4m2 jute mat, perhaps 10 meters of the 170 meters jute twine and one cocodisc
amounting to a financial cost for materials of about maximum 15 fr.
two weeks ago i saw some factory made sandals made from a sewn together two part sole made from woven coconut
https://www.manufactum.de/unisex-zehentrenner-naturfaser-a207405/
my motivation to make those sandals with only natural materials as in no plastic was first to be grounded with my shoes ( plastic blocks the connection between earth and human body ), secondly to not produce microplastics what happens when a plastic shoe sole wears down
also it gives me a good satisfaction to see them now after some 10 to 20 hours of thinkering and sewing
i guess they will need frequent re-sewing and eventually more jute mat layers added to them depending on how roughly i will use them