Sunflowers Sneakers, after Van Gogh
| Brand | Manofatto |
| Collection | The Painted Series |
| Product type | Sneakers |
| Artwork / Motif | After Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888, public domain |
| Upper | Silk-touch woven textile, high-resolution print |
| Lining | Breathable textile |
| Footbed | Cushioned memory foam, removable |
| Outsole | Vulcanised rubber, non-slip |
| Closure | Lace-up |
| Construction | Hand-lasted and hand-bonded, cured overnight |
| Sizes | EU 35 to 47 |
| Weight | Approx. 850 g per pair (size 42) |
| Edition | Final run, not restocked |
Fifteen flowers, one yellow, painted in a week.
Van Gogh painted the Arles sunflowers in August 1888 while waiting for Gauguin to arrive. The whole series is an argument about how many different things one colour can do, and that is exactly what makes it hard to print well.
Yellow on yellow on yellow
Chrome yellow, ochre, olive, cream. Van Gogh separated them with paint thickness rather than with different hues, which is invisible to a cheap print process. We printed at a resolution that keeps the brush ridges readable so the flowers do not merge into one flat block.
The vase stays in frame
The composition is placed to keep the vase and the tabletop line on the shoe, not cropped out. It reads as the painting, not as a texture derived from it.
Made by hand
Cut, lasted, bonded and trimmed by hand, cured overnight, then inspected individually.
Final run. This design was produced in a single limited batch and will not be reprinted. Once a size sells out it is gone for good.