The winning entry will receive a package in the form of specialist training over 100-plus hours at the Carréducker School, covering pattern making, closing techniques and handsewn shoemaking.

A shoemaking and leather arts school might sound obscure, but you'd be surprised at how quickly their classes have been selling out, and how many people they can fit into one studio.

FOR over a century, generations of craftspeople have trained at the Sydney Institute’s shoemaking course, cutting patterns and pulling leather over lasts in an Ultimo workshop cluttered ...