Shoemaking egocentric video: leather, lasts and glue, filmed by Nigerian shoemakers.
Head-mounted footage of shoemakers and leatherworkers making shoes, sandals and bags by hand: cutting patterns, skiving edges, lasting uppers, stitching, gluing soles and finishing.
Free 10-hour sample first. A person replies within one working day.
Shoemaking and leatherwork, step by step.
Shoemaking clusters are well known in Aba (Abia State) and also found in Lagos. We scope this trade per order, starting in Lagos.
Pattern and cut
Tracing patterns on leather or synthetic sheet, cutting with knives and scissors.
Prepare
Skiving edges thin, punching holes, applying glue to parts.
Last and stitch
Pulling uppers over a last, tacking, hand and machine stitching.
Sole and finish
Gluing and pressing soles, trimming, polishing, adding buckles.
What is in the worker’s hands.
- Cutting knives and scissors
- Lasts
- Awls, needles, thread
- Glue and brushes
- Hammer and pincers
- Leather, synthetic sheet, soles
Interactions worth labelling.
- Cutting tough sheet material along a pattern
- Stretching and pulling material over a form
- Glue application and press-fit assembly
- Hand stitching with an awl
- Hammer and pincer actions on small parts
Why shoemaking footage helps robotics and video models.
Craft assembly
Footwear is one of the least automated manufacturing processes, and robot makers study how skilled hands do it.
Semi-rigid materials
Leather sits between cloth and board, adding a useful material class for manipulation research.
Under-filmed craft
Handmade footwear in Africa is rarely captured in public egocentric datasets.
How each clip is recorded and delivered.
- Camera
- Head-mounted smartphone, 1080p at 30 fps (H.264), wide field of view
- Sensors
- IMU (accelerometer, gyroscope) and GPS recorded alongside the video as CSV sidecars
- Your hardware
- Stereo, depth or multi-camera rigs supported if you ship them: we fit them and train recorders
- Label layers
- Curated minutes, 21-keypoint hand pose, action segments, captions
- Privacy
- Faces of bystanders and number plates blurred in every delivered file
- Formats
- MP4 + JSON per clip, IMU/GPS CSV sidecar, LeRobot or RLDS on request
- Delivery
- Weekly batches over signed links, with a manifest and a QA report
- Status
- Scoped per order, starting in Lagos; Aba is on our list of next cities
- Glue fumes
- Recorders work in ventilated spaces as usual; we do not ask for closed rooms
- Detail
- For close stitching detail, a buyer macro or high-resolution rig can be fitted
Four checks before a minute reaches you.
ID-checked recorders
BVN or NIN plus a live selfie matched to the ID, and a bank account in the same name, before any paid task.
Consenting workplaces
Each workplace is registered in person by a TrustAm field agent, with the owner’s consent and a location fence.
Live capture only
A spoken challenge code, motion sensors and GPS show each clip was filmed live, at work. No camera-roll uploads.
Blurred and reviewed
Bystander faces and number plates are blurred; a trained reviewer approves or cuts every minute before delivery.
Buyers usually ask.
Are you filming in Aba?
Not yet. Aba is one of the cities we plan to open after Lagos. Today we can scope shoemaking with workshops in Lagos.
Can you include bag and belt making?
Yes. Leather goods use many of the same steps and can be included in the same task list.
How do I order shoemaking egocentric video?
Email [email protected] or use the request form with the shoemaking tasks, hours, label layers and format you need. We record a free sample of about 10 hours to your spec first. Pricing is quoted per approved hour after scoping.
How many hours can you deliver?
We are a Lagos pilot collecting to order and scaling. After the free sample, a paid pilot is usually 100 to 500 hours in weekly batches. We do not promise hours we have not recorded.
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Tell us what you need. We send a free sample first.
Email [email protected] with the data type, hours, languages or trades, labels and format. Pricing is quoted per approved hour after scoping.