Weighted Shoes

One idea I have is a pair of shoes that appear to be regular shoes but once they are on the user realizes that they are both different weights, one light, one heavy. This will play with the users preconceptions of footwear.

I have inestigated some materials that I could attach to the bottom of the gumboots.

My first thoughts are bricks on the heavy shoe and aluminium cans on the light shoe.
Bricks are obviosly heavy and aluminium cans are lightweight and strong enough to support your weight if you distribute your weight on them evenly. The cans will crumble if they are stood on with an uneven weight; this will show if a person has failed.

Other objects I am yet to investigate are toilet paper and cardboard; these could potentially be on the light shoe as materials that will support a person and are lightweight.

Gumboots

 I will most likely be using a large sized pair of gumboots for my final object. This is so people of most sizes will be able to use them, and also so they can slip onto a foot without being moved.

Images found at

http://moon-boots.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/gumboots.html