Carbon Fiber Heel Spring, Iteration 1
Categories: HiHeeling
Natalie Jeremijenko and fashion designer Diana Baltazar collaborated with carbon fiber specialist and jewelry designer Adam Weeks to create this first mock-up iteration of the high heel c-spring, hacking a BCBG women’s evening stiletto and mounting a carbon fiber plate of custom curvature and variegated weave structure. For the next iteration, we will use a United Nude shoe and fine tune the shape of the spring.
- 1. Side View of Leaf Spring
- 2. Back View: Note the off-center positioning of the spring heel in relation to the horizontal axis
3. Bottom View: The spring has been curved slightly to one side to account for the asymmetry of the walking step. 4. Rear View: Fiber changes orientation in this area. This section is reinfoced with 3" of +/-45 fiber instead of the standard 0/90 decree fiber orientation. This makes for somewhat of a progressive rate spring, producing a stiffening effect, resisting torsional or twisting loads and providing greater stability.
5. Spring Mount
6. Adjusted Height at Resting (No Wearer): The new height of the spring-loaded shoe is approximately 5/8" higher than the stock height of the original BCBG heel. When normal body weight is placed on the spring, it compresses to the stock height.
Check out Adam’s website at http://www.carbonfiberbracelets.com/
