"mike leavitt is a singularly talented seattle artist. he makes all kinds of art, from action figures to reproductions of iconic shoes. mike has lovingly recreated them down to the exact detail. but there is one significant difference. although you would never know it to look at the photo, these shoes are made with cardboard. mike leavitt is the inventor of the cardboard shoe... a bit of a trickster, and certainly curious."(cbc radio)