Last month, Lauren Hampton, one of the organizers of Sneaker Week in Portland, OR contacted me, asking if I would decorate a pair of sneakers that she would wear during her presentations at this week long event.

“Sneaker Week bridges the footwear industry, surrounding industries and professionals to creative and engaging experiences that educate and excite”

Of course I said yes and mulled over which materials to use that would hold up for a whole week without a water source. I decorated the sneakers with paper thin bark, foliage of bromeliad, succulents, acorns, pine cones, lichen, snail shells, tillandsia, amaranthus, dried straw flowers and fiddleheads, rattlesnake grass, ripsalis, seedpods of poppies, nigella, pokeweed, eucalyptus, peonies, baptista,…

Thank you Jason Hill for the fabulous photos!