DEER SKIN TANNING

Name: DEER SKIN TANNING
Start: 2026-06-22T10:00:13+02:00
End: 2027-06-24T16:00:13+02:00
Location: Foteviken Museum - Sweden

Mon 22 Jun

Foteviken Museum - Sweden

Höllviken, Sweden Step back in time and learn to transform deer skin into supple leather. Over three immersive days, I'll teach you the ancient, non-toxic process of brain tanning. You'll work with your hands and connect with a sustainable craft, using simple, natural materials. Price: SEK 3.800

Time & Location

22 Jun 2026, 10:00 – 24 Jun 2027, 16:00

Foteviken Museum - Sweden, Museivägen 27, 236 91 Höllviken, Sweden

About the event

Step back in time at the beautiful Foteviken Viking Museum and learn to transform a raw hide into beautiful, usable leather.

Over three information-packed days, you'll discover the ancient, non-toxic craft of brain tanning. Come and experience the whole progression of this remarkable process, surrounded by the inspiring history and scenery of an authentic Viking village.

Foteviken Museum Sweden — Foteviken Viking Museum, Höllviken, Sweden

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 humankind’s earliest tanning technologies! Utilizing materials readily available in the surrounding environment, we will walk through the steps of this transformation.

This class will focus on tanning Deer Skin with a variation of fat tanning using lecithin as the dressing agent. Whilst not for the squeamish, the end product is worth the work! The class will…