Bootmaker
Jojo McKibben
Jojo McKibben is a bootmaker apprentice at Texas Traditions in Austin, Texas. Her first teacher was her father, who made leather goods and chaps for bull riders; she later trained under Lee Miller, who taught her to generate a last from measurements and make form follow function, and she sews heel slides on the shop crew.
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Apprentice at Texas Traditions; sews heel slides
Related: Texas Traditions · Lee Miller · Dana Perrotti · Charlotte Marshall · Graham Ebner
Biography
History
Jojo McKibben is a bootmaking apprentice at Texas Traditions in Austin. In a 2019 interview she said her first teacher was her father, who made functional leather goods and built her chaps for riding bulls; her second teacher was Lee Miller, whom she credits with teaching her to generate a last from measurements and to make form follow function in what she calls a bespoke craft.
A 2022 profile of the shop lists her, at age 35, sewing heel slides on the crew. A 2019 Austin Chronicle photograph places her in the shop alongside Miller, his wife Carrlyn, Charlotte Marshall, Graham Ebner, and Dana Perrotti; Ebner's own 2019 interview names her as one of four apprentices alongside Marshall and Perrotti.
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Encyclopedia references: CowboyBootsDB and maker archives linked where available. Historical dates and attributions can vary by source.