Sale Price:
$475.00
Original Price:
$575.00
Early bird pricing until June 1st.
Join co-instructors Kelly Moody and Callan Burton-Shore to learn how to naturally tan a sheepskin using the traditional smoke-tanning method. Over the course of 3-days, each student will tan their own sheepskin using a few tools, eggs, wood smoke and their own hands! The skills covered in this class also apply to many other kinds of animal hides and types of tanning, so this is a great class to take no matter how much experience you have.
What You’ll Learn
History + various cultural traditions of tanning around the world
How to source + store hides
How to remove flesh and membrane from a hide
How to egg/ dress a sheepskin with emulsified oil
How to soften a sheepskin in a frame
How to smoke a hide
The difference between smoke-tanning + bark-tanning
The difference between fur-on pelts, leather, rawhide, and buckskin
Basic hide sewing techniques
Much more!
About the Instructors:
Between the two, Kelly Moody and Callan Burton-Shore have over 18 years experience tanning hides. They originally became friends because of their shared (though not overlapping) history living in the same cob cottage outside of Asheville, NC. Both are excited to bring their own unique perspectives and experiences of hide tanning into teaching this class together!
Read more about them: About Callan + About Kelly
Location:
We will gather in the town of Paonia, Colorado. Specific location to be announced soon.
Camping is included in the workshop price. Food is not included, but there will be a simple outdoor kitchen set up for students to use.
Important Notes:
Food will not be provided as a part of this class. Whether or not you are camping, you will need to bring your own food for every meal. More details on our primitive kitchen set up will be shared via email after signing up. Paonia has some great local restaurants and grocery stores as well as lodging opportunities, if you do not want to camp.
This is a physically demanding class. You will be standing and using your arms A LOT. As instructors, we love finding creative ways to accommodate people’s differing bodies and abilities but please reach out before signing up if you have questions about your ability to take this class.
Payment
Payment plans available: Reach out to callanshore@gmail.com
Refund Policy: Due to the nature of this class, refunds will not be issued after June 1st (barring emergency).
PLEASE NOTE: You are not signed up for this class until you go to your cart and check out/ pay! Your spot will not be saved if you just hit “add to cart.”
Early bird pricing until June 1st.
Join co-instructors Kelly Moody and Callan Burton-Shore to learn how to naturally tan a sheepskin using the traditional smoke-tanning method. Over the course of 3-days, each student will tan their own sheepskin using a few tools, eggs, wood smoke and their own hands! The skills covered in this class also apply to many other kinds of animal hides and types of tanning, so this is a great class to take no matter how much experience you have.
What You’ll Learn
History + various cultural traditions of tanning around the world
How to source + store hides
How to remove flesh and membrane from a hide
How to egg/ dress a sheepskin with emulsified oil
How to soften a sheepskin in a frame
How to smoke a hide
The difference between smoke-tanning + bark-tanning
The difference between fur-on pelts, leather, rawhide, and buckskin
Basic hide sewing techniques
Much more!
About the Instructors:
Between the two, Kelly Moody and Callan Burton-Shore have over 18 years experience tanning hides. They originally became friends because of their shared (though not overlapping) history living in the same cob cottage outside of Asheville, NC. Both are excited to bring their own unique perspectives and experiences of hide tanning into teaching this class together!
Read more about them: About Callan + About Kelly
Location:
We will gather in the town of Paonia, Colorado. Specific location to be announced soon.
Camping is included in the workshop price. Food is not included, but there will be a simple outdoor kitchen set up for students to use.
Important Notes:
Food will not be provided as a part of this class. Whether or not you are camping, you will need to bring your own food for every meal. More details on our primitive kitchen set up will be shared via email after signing up. Paonia has some great local restaurants and grocery stores as well as lodging opportunities, if you do not want to camp.
This is a physically demanding class. You will be standing and using your arms A LOT. As instructors, we love finding creative ways to accommodate people’s differing bodies and abilities but please reach out before signing up if you have questions about your ability to take this class.
Payment
Payment plans available: Reach out to callanshore@gmail.com
Refund Policy: Due to the nature of this class, refunds will not be issued after June 1st (barring emergency).
PLEASE NOTE: You are not signed up for this class until you go to your cart and check out/ pay! Your spot will not be saved if you just hit “add to cart.”
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