Gennaro Zuppa
Shoemaker
Locarno

« The craft is an art and art is my passion. »

I come from a family of cobblers, my grandfather, my dad were cobblers. I learned the work of the shoemaker by spying first and then helping my father in his "shop", I was curious about what he did, the materials he used. So even though I was only 13 years old, I started helping him to repair shoes and I fell in love with this profession, also studying as a shoe modeler since my dad also knew how to make shoes by hand. This profession has become a real passion, a love.

I like to always be aware of the materials, I do continuous refresher courses in order to give my customers and those who come to me for the first time, the right advice both for the repair of their shoes and more, but also in the choice of products to be used for cleaning shoes.