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Hide Tanning: the initiation. This is an initiation into hide tanning +an exploration of how hide tanning is a rite-of-passage, an initiation into many more things.
This video covers the basics of hide tanning with an emphasis on tanning as folk culture and embodiment practice. A short, easy step into this craft.
Intro to Hide Tanning: a systematic + reverential approach to hide tanning. This is a 2.5 hour deep dive video that closes with a Q&A from the live event. Sit back, get a notebook, and get a thorough acquaintance to hide tanning.
Hide Tanning Storylines: a 3-module self-paced series that delves into the how of hide tanning's healing impact. Through neuroscience, the field of trauma therapy, and oral histories, you'll learn what's going on under the microscope in both hide tanning and our own bodies as hide tanners. ‘Hide Tanning: the initiation’ is included in this series.
Rawhide + Smoke-tanning. The foundational hide crafts. A great starting point to understand the chemistry and variability of natural hide tanning.
This video leads you through the making of rawhide and the classic cloth leather textile, buckskin. You'll see what equipment and tools are needed, what ingredients and techniques work best for making quality leather, and how to go about tanning on your own.
BRING HIDE TANNING HOME TO YOU
We teach hide tanning on-the-road between Vancouver Island and southern British Columbia + we would love the opportunity to travel to work with you and your group.
We work with homeschool groups, non-profit societies, farmers, and groups of friends. We strive to offer accessible, age-appropriate, and culturally-affirming hide tanning teachings. Hide tanning courses are led by Mara with another co-teacher or apprentice. If you’d like to request a specific co-teacher, see our “about us” page.
Click the photo or button below to learn more about hosting a hide camp in your community. A $50 refundable booking deposit can be placed through the link when you are ready to organize your group.