MY INTRODUCTORY POST
I am by name name David Akwashiki. I was privilege to be the last among 8 in a monogamous family. Being the last born is indeed a privilege that comes with lots of pleasure and comfort, but comfort zone is one thing about life that I don't like. As it is often said; "The comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there". Very true!
I believe that every human on earth is designed for a particular purpose, so I prefer to go out of my comfort zone, interact with people, share my knowledge and also learn new things.
As a result of my exposure, I suddenly developed a solemn interest for Art work (Footware Making to be precised) even though I studied Mathematics in my A Level at Nasarawa State university, Keffi. Where I graduated December 2019 and served my fatherland at Ekiti State of Nigeria from March 2020 till March 2021.
Also at the course of my service at Ekiti state, I was determined to explore more in the aspect of Footware Making. So I decided to join the Footware Making group during the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAID) Program at the camp. There I happened to be one of the best students due to the experience I already had in Footware Making.
Footware Making is a skill I so much love because its something that requires creative thinking. At first, was afraid of learning the skill, thinking it's a difficult thing to do, but when I jumped into it I discovered it's something anyone can do. Be it a young person or old, as long as you can hold a pair of scissors you can definitely make a shoe. All you need is a proper guidance on the procedures to take to come up with an attractive and a good design. And for you to be able to do that you need to be creative enough when it comes to color combination, the kind of materials to be used and also the cutting and coupling process which is key in shoe making. All those procedures and steps will soon be revealed through video tutorials.
I never knew the importance of this vital skill until I jumped into it. It has earned me more than I could ever imagine. It's a skill I will advise anyone to learn because it has a lot and lots of benefits which even if I take the whole day, I will not be able to exhaust them all. With the idea of shoe making, you can handle a lots of works that require the use of leather materials. Some of which are Bag making, Belt and lots more.
Working as a Footwear Designer for the period of 8 years was indeed an awesome experience. At the process I got to meet different kinds of people with different characters and that really taught me a lot about life. I was able to discover that there are many people out there who are willing to learn this skill but due some reasons (such as high capital to pay to learn the work, the distance to a workshop, the time and so on) they could not. So I decided to make detailed video tutorials that shows the steps and procedures to take in making a simple footwear with ease. And will I be sharing with the Hive community if given the opportunity. Below are samples of the shoes produced at the course of the tutorials.
1st Sample (Male Simple Wear)
2nd Sample (Male Sandals)
3rd Sample (Female Sandals)
4th Sample (Female Simple Wear)
MY INTENTION FOR JOINING HIVE!
My intention for joining hive community is nothing order than to contribute positively to the needle and tread community, which I think is a platform where I will get to meet liked minded people I can share my skill with and also learn from other professionals in the community. Therefore I'm soliciting for the full support of every one in the hive community so as to meet the required target.
Finally before I call it a day, I want to sincerely appreciate my boss @Ovey10 who made this awesome platform known to me and also ensure that the registration process is accurately done. With ur full support boss, I'm rest assured that the journey is goanna be Smooth and fair. And I promise to carry out the required task diligently to ensure that your effort is not in vain.
Thanks 🙏.
