The molds or shoe lasts, hulmahan in Filipino, from the Marikina shoemakers were headed for their last journey as firewood or panggatong. But largely through the initiative of civic-spirited Zena Bernardo, the shoe lasts reincarnated into lasting artworks in the fund-raising exhibit “Hope Lasts” (until April 15 at the fourth level, east wing of Estancia Capitol Commons in Pasig City).