He hopes these may resemble the ancient beings that first lived on earth without oxygen and in a boiling primordial soup.

ECONOMIST: 20,000 leagues under the sea

Spine, horn and claw become heel, last and vamp, a frightening yet beautiful evocation of the primordial soup from whence we came.

WSJ: High-Concept Enchantments: Review of Shoe Obsession at the Museum at FIT