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Deer Skin Tanning - Sweden - SEK 4500,00

Fri 07 Jul

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Hällekis

Learn the ancient skill of Deer Skin Tanning over 3 information packed days using natural, non-toxic and easily available materials! Taught by Theresa Emmerich Kamper, Doctor of Experimental Archaeology and specialist in prehistoric tanning techniques.

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Deer Skin Tanning - Sweden - SEK 4500,00
Deer Skin Tanning - Sweden - SEK 4500,00

Time & Location

07 Jul 2023, 10:00 – 09 Jul 2023, 17:00

Hällekis, Anhalten 1, 533 94 Hällekis, Sweden

About the event

Before the advent of modern tanning agents, humans were turning raw skin into usable leather products using very basic techniques and materials. Learn to produce incredibly soft, strong and durable leather from raw animal skin using one of human kind’s earliest tanning technologies! Utilizing materials readily available in the surrounding environment we will walk through the steps of this transformation. Come learn the progression of this process from raw skin to beautiful, usable, finished leather!

Over 3 full days this course will focus on tanning deer skins with a variety of fat tanning which uses Lecithin and oil* as the dressing agent. Whilst not for the squeamish the end product is worth the work! The class will cover removing the meat and fat (de-fleshing), removing the outer grain layer (de-graining), alkalining for ground substance removal, applying the tanning agents (dressing), softening and smoking the skins.

In addition to enthusiastic instruction…

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