Stationed inside our new store (J.FitzPatrick Footwear) at 101 Thompson St (Soho, NYC) is a full patina service supplied by our pal Greg Park aka Hancore. For those who have no idea, Greg Park has a protracted historical past within the arts, beginning off like many patina artists as a painter (not partitions, however artwork ? later turned one of many world’s revered patina masters.
He was one of many first artists to work for the French shoe model, JM Legazel the place he studied below Jean Marie (the JM) for a number of years earlier than turning into considered one of his grasp patina artists that then taught the following staff that got here after him. Working with JM LeGazel introduced him to the States whereby he ultimately branched out on his personal, providing extra companies than simply shoe dyeing and now has a powerful enterprise patina’ing just about any leather-based good you’ll be able to consider.
We all the time wished to have a patina service to enrich our area of interest footwear and Greg’s expertise and repair was an ideal match for the each of us! We hope that you simply assume so too!
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Greg can just about patina something that’s leather-based, whether or not that could be a pair of gown footwear, Nike’s, wallets to massive journey baggage and leather-based jackets. There’s nothing he can not do when it comes to including colour and patina to a product with a view to remodel it into a chunk of artwork. You’ll be able to see that in these images.
Being that that is his service merely inside our area, his providing is prolonged to any model of any form, not restricted to J.FitzPatrick merchandise, nor restricted to having to be in NYC to make the most of the service.
Nevertheless, for those who need to put it to use on J.FitzPatrick merchandise, we have now carried out it onto our web site as an add-on function to almost all Able to Put on merchandise (the exception being black footwear that you simply can not patina).
Instantly on the product web page of each the JF and J.FitzPatrick Traces‘ fashions, when choosing your measurement, you may as well choose so as to add a customized patina to that very same shoe (see beneath for instance). We are going to quickly add this function for all MTO footwear as properly.
On prime of that, within the MTO part (and beneath) you’ll be able to see 17 fashions accessible now as MTO purchases with patina. You’ll be able to choose these as is and alter any sole, final, or different small element you want.
The value of the patina will probably be decided by the colour/materials of the shoe. You’ll be able to learn extra about this on the positioning, below Patina Service
The sky is the restrict for what patina you’ll be able to select however we do share some examples so that you can select from, which will also be discovered on that patina web page, in addition to proven beneath.
When inserting an order for patina, we’ll both e-mail you to substantiate your choice (which you’ll be able to place within the notes of the cart) or you’ll be able to ship us an e-mail indicating what you need. The e-mail for that is: patina@jfitzpatrickfootwear.com
Listed here are 17 examples of what we have now as inspiration patinas on your footwear, for JF footwear or for buying these actual fashions if you happen to love the mix sufficient. There are lots of extra that may be created. That is solely the tip of the iceberg on what will be achieved and what you have got the choice to select from.
And bear in mind, when buying MTO fashions, a 10% low cost is routinely taken off when fee is made upfront. This additionally applies to those patina MTO fashions.
