In this exhibition at The Hub, Sleaford, contemporary fashion artist Jo Cope asks the audience to think through their feet and consider walking as a metaphor for life’s journey, with feet, paths, and directions as moral and symbolic guides.

Curated by shoemaker and artist Amara Hark-Weber, this exhibition features 11 accomplished shoe and boot makers working across the United States. These makers build upon tradition in the creation of modern bespoke footwear. In conversation with historic shoes from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, the work ranges from sculptural to practical, from traditional to conceptual.

Jo Cope has carved out a niche as an artist focussing on our cultural relationship with shoes. After a decade of international exhibitions the Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University now hosts a homecoming show featuring the largest collection of her work to date.

Shoes Have Names is a collaboration with conceptual fashion designer Jo Cope and Shelter. Stories of homelessness have never been told like this before.