“Over 30 years ago, Ivanhoe was working on a very ingenious invention that had absolutely nothing to do with alumosaics. He was getting ready to patent his stretch shoelaces, which it possible to insert your foot into a shoe by just pulling on the tongue of the shoe, without having to tie a knot on the shoe itself. It was pretty clever, but Jeff was looking for something special that would make his shoelaces look unique during his presentation. He thought about aluminum, and started cutting soda cans into little pieces and wrapping them around the tip of his stretch shoelaces. He had made hundreds of them, so he ended up with lots of leftover aluminum pieces around the house.” w/ photos
