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Braintanning Workshop


  • Blue Lake, CA United States (map)

Braintanning Workshop

Co-hosted by Tamara Wilder & Levon Durr

June 17-19, 2022
at Prairie’s Edge Permaculture Farm
near Blue Lake, CA

Finished Buckskins!

5pm Friday to 7pm-ish Sunday

$300-$450 sliding scale

$150 deposit holds your space.

Includes all required tools and materials.

Hides tanned will be an assortment of deer, goat and/or sheep hides.
As a group we will tan about 1 hide per 4 people.
Please contact us if you have hides.

SCHEDULE

  • Friday Evening at 5pm - Opening Discussion & Dinner
    w/ optional fleshing of hides
    (attendees are welcome to arrive earlier to set up camp and help prep workshop area)

  • Saturday Morning - Flesh and scrape hides

  • Saturday Afternoon - Brain & pre-soften hides

  • Sunday Morning -  Soften Hides

  • Sunday Afternoon - Smoke hides and divide up buckskin.
    (We will do our best to be done by 7pm but the class may go late; so please not to schedule anything that you cannot cancel for Sunday night.)

LOGISTICS

In lieu of potluck dinner Friday and Saturday nights and snack on Sunday eve, attendees will bring ingredient donations to be prepared by the host.

Coffee and tea will be provided but bring your own breakfast and lunch.

Vaccination required or negative COVID test for all attendees.
(Subject to change depending on situation at time of workshop.)

Limited partial scholarship or work-trade spots available.
Please inquire.

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Levon at levonriver@gmail.com
or call (707) 444-3799‬


Braintanning Workshop Deposit
$150.00

$150 deposit to hold your space in the workshop
Balance due on sliding scale registration of $300-$450 due at workshop.
Refundable (less $10 processing fee) if cancelled by June 7th, 2022

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