Despite being 2,200 years old, the leather shoe was in "outstanding" condition ... that the location was likely a popular route for people traveling from inland Norway to the coast.

"People were picking on me about my old shoes," he said. "They kept saying, 'What are those?'" Adam and his two older brothers are being raised by their grandmother, 63-year-old Carolyn Taylor.

“The people are present through their absence ... sitting patiently and watching as strangers’ favorite old shoes became a work of art. Piano-playing shoes “I remember my daughter ...

The 43-year-old said: 'We did a bit of research on ... During superstitious times between the 16th and 19th Century, people believed shoes had the power to trap evil spirits, demons and witches ...

But some creative people look past the tattered straps and scuffed uppers and see something different: art materials. Most of us wouldn't think twice about throwing away our old shoes.