Gallery: Wild Shoes Crafted From 3-D Scans of Meteorites
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The inspiration for Studio Swine's latest project came from the stars, or more precisely, [Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko).
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Despite their bulk, each shoe is approximately 90% air, weighs just over a pound, and is light enough to float on water.
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Meteorites from the
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3-D scan data is combined to create the rough outline of a shoe.
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Scanning a shoe last, so that the correct carvings for the shoe's interior can be modeled.
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Fitting the craggy forms to a shoe last.
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A CNC mill carves the shoe out of a block of aluminum foam.
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The inside of the shoe is covered in Italian leather.
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"We were able to criss-cross London meeting fabricators, geologists craftsmen and draw up designs and capture 3d renderings of the rocks on the surface," says Murakami.
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