Hammering shoe upper components to flatten seams or bond layers.

A shoe manufacturing workshop with a concrete floor where workers sit cross-legged. The primary workspace is a square stone slab placed on the floor. Piles of cut black shoe upper components are scattered around the worker.

The worker uses both hands to manipulate the shoe parts. The left hand aligns the straps and holds the material against the stone slab, while the right hand repeatedly strikes the material with a hammer. The worker reaches for new parts from surrounding piles.

Black shoe upper components made of flexible synthetic or leather material. Each piece features a central body with several radiating straps. There are dozens of identical pieces in piles.

A small cobbler's hammer with a black handle and a metal head, used to apply pressure and flatten the shoe components against the stone slab.

High precision is observed as the worker carefully aligns small strap ends and folds before delivering targeted hammer strikes to specific overlapping areas.

Parallel work within a shared production space. Other workers are visible in the background performing similar manual assembly tasks independently.

1. 01Select a shoe upper component from the pile.
2. 02Position the component on the stone slab.
3. 03Use fingers to align or fold the straps into the correct configuration.
4. 04Strike the aligned sections with the hammer to flatten or secure them.
5. 05Reposition the component to work on different straps or sections.
6. 06Perform final hammer strikes to ensure the entire piece is processed.
7. 07Place the completed component in a separate pile and reach for a new one.