Antigua Sole Project

Still dreaming with our doors closed ✌🏼 Antigua is on total lockdown, but we are lucky to work with artisans who can continue to craft from home. Times are tough and we can only hope the world moves into a healthier and happier future SOON!

These styles are passing all the wear tests this week! Send us photos of yours in action ✨✨.

Hello from (most of) our team! We’re a close group that first came together to produce handmade shoes for . Over the years we learned about the overflowing creativity and abilities of our artisan partners, and we wanted to open up our workshop to even more creation. Antigua Sole was born to be a place that designers, brands, and artisans could come together to dream and bring their creations to life. If you contact us, it will be one of us in this picture replying! Saludos from Victor, Leonel, Hanna, Luis, Daniel and Melvin ✨✨

Saludos de (la mayoría de) nuestro equipo! Somos un grupo que primero se unió para producir zapatos hechos a mano para . A lo largo de los años, aprendimos sobre la desbordante creatividad y habilidades de nuestros socios artesanos, y queríamos abrir nuestro taller a una creación aún mayor. Antigua Sole nació para ser un lugar en el que diseñadores, marcas y artesanos puedan reunirse para soñar y dar vida a sus creaciones. ¡Si nos contacta, será uno de nosotros en esta imagen respondiendo! Saludos de Victor, Leonel, Hanna, Luis, Daniel y Melvin ✨✨

Some over in our Sandal-making class. Get in touch if you’re coming to Antigua and want to learn a new craft! Or just come and design something fun for us to make ✨✨.

Playing with basic shapes in the workshop...classic styles made for every day wear. This one may want some changes but we’ll have to keep wearing it around to know for sure ✨.

Explorando lo bonito que es Antigua! When your lunch view could be a painting ✨

Tuvimos una linda visita hoy de los estudiantes de Diseño Industrial de la Universidad Rafael Landívar. Hablamos sobre nuestros procesos de diseño y sobre nuestros siete años de experiencia trabajando con artesanos en Guatemala. Les deseamos todo lo mejor en sus próximos gran proyectos!

Details on our Bruja boot in brown leather. The boot you’ve (I’ve) always wanted ✨✨

When you like something, make a lot of them. -our motto and our second pair of Bruja boots. We’re still playing with the heel height and width, and might need to make them in one more color to decide. 🥳 We’ve gotten requests for black leather next — any other colors you want to see?? We’ll get these online by tomorrow - in the meantime, you can order a pair in Green Leather and just make a note at checkout about your ideal leather choice!

A boot town with lots of personality. All of our artisans are from Pastores, a historical shoe-making town just a few minutes from Antigua. Our workshop was located in Pastores for six years before we recently moved to Antigua to be able to receive more visitors and host classes! A piece of our hearts will always be in this quirky little 👢 cobbler corner of Guatemala

Friday morning leather run to Pastores. ✨ We’ve got a last minute pair of wedding sandals to design and so came to check out all of the variations on “gray” leathers. Ideal end-of-the-week creativity stretching.

New boots out of the workshop this week: from year-long musings to paper pattern to my feet! Swipe to see the pattern in its baby stages and the finished product✨ we’ve been dreaming of a lace-up, feminine boot for years and finally made it happen. We had some green leather left over from a class and it felt right for this style✌🏼 available now on our Etsy and web shops!

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Raw edges, color, and works of art in progress! Finishing up these boots for a very special customer today. Customize your own on the site!

Drafting up a new pattern today...some dream boots we’ve had on our minds for years ✨

One of the many treats of living in Antigua, all of the surprises and hidden rinconcitos...an inspiring place to live and work ✨

Ahh loving this shot of in the workshop! The dreamiest mules and our favorite woven hat - let us know if you want to see these on the site! We’ll be happy to share more of our favorite things ✨📷 by the incredible .

Tracing out the soles for a leather sandal...We’re happiest when our work takes us away from our desks and onto the cutting room floor. Come visit so we can spend more time making!

Looking back at this photoshoot we did with ! Bringing her vision of a Western collection to life has been a labor of love and a whole new shoe-making arena for us. Going out on a limb is hard, but the lessons we learn along the way make it all worth it. Check out her shop and let us know if you’d like to customize any of her gorgeous shoes!

Looking back to this photoshoot with ✨ creating her collection of Western boots and bo**ies has been a labor of love! Making things with friends is hard but also amazing. Check out her shop and contact us for any custom goodies you’d like made! 📷 by

Before we lived in Guatemala, we would have had a hard time finding it on a map. And we hear it often from visitors, that Guatemala is a hidden gem. It’s the truth! We live and work in Antigua, so it is special to us, but there are countless more beautiful towns and areas to explore in Guatemala. If you’re thinking of visiting, get in touch! We’ll share our favorite things to do 🙂 and of course, come visit the workshop while you’re here!

In this day and age, it’s easy to not know how things are made or to simply forget to wonder about their origins. Processes are hidden behind secure factory walls in who-knows-where towns and put together by who-knows-who. We absolutely love holding pieces in our hands, sharing their story, and talking about how they’re sourced and put together and why. Our workshop is open and transparent because we’re proud of our craft and how we’re making things everyday. Here, a wooden heel is being shaped by hand before it’s secured to the sole of our shoes. See the last two posts for the finished product ✨🥳.

Is “Peeps” a registered trademark? Or can we share the name with the sugar bombs? Whatever these will come to be called, they’re too cute not to share. More colors coming out soon. DM us if you’re interested and we’ll send you color options.

Fuzzy shoes for you, fuzzy shoes for me. What should we call these babies? They’re made from fuzzy sheep’s wool, dyed in our favorite earthy colors and built onto a 2 inch wooden heel 🍂🐑.

Waking up to these sunny skies all winter long is just one of the many reasons we love calling Antigua home. Weather like this keeps us feeling happy, refreshed and inspired every day ✨ .

Co-creating designs that matter! We love bringing fresh ideas to our artisans and bringing them to life together. Laughter makes it even better ✨✨

Taking a new style for a spin around our favorite neighborhood terrace. These came out perfectly on their first sample and they just look so good on ✨✨ Coming to the site soon!

Leonel, one of our ride or die artisans, shaping the soles of a sandal while we watch in awe. Leonel is a third generation shoemaker who has led us through thousands of custom orders over the past seven years. Here’s to hoping we’ll have him by our side for thousands more 🛠.

Dreamy color inspiration right outside the workshop ✨ walking Antigua is the perfect way to clear our heads and come back inspired

Antigua Sole Project updated their business hours.

Sandals for everyone! Our sandal-making courses are open to the public, no design experience required. Come stretch your curiosity and walk out with your very own creation. DM us to schedule your class or send us your ideas and we’ll make you dream sandal and send it to you! Worldwide shipping available.

Our workshop, Antigua Sole, is located in the heart of Antigua, Guatemala. Led by local artisans, our design house is yours. Come in, learn a craft and leave with something you can be proud of having made. Pictured here, one of our guests from the makers retreat placing her chosen pattern on her new sandal soles. ✨✨

The Valley Boot - now available for custom orders! Designed by some visitors to the workshop from California, this bo**ie is Western meets modern and feminine. Bringing artisans and designers together is our passion, it’s what brings us to life! Visit or write to us to design your dream shoes ✨

New year, new projects! Excited to get the workshop rolling with some bold custom designs. Get in touch if you’re wanting to get involved in making and creating this year!

A few pairs on their way out the door today ✨ love love seeing everyone’s unique custom designs

We had an amazing first sandal-making class today with - they got a first look at our workshop which is nearly finished! We’ll be sharing more about it and our new space in the next few weeks and we will love to receive any and all visitors in the meantime. DM us for details ✨✨