BRAINTANNING HIDES WORKSHOP (California)

Braintanned leather is a beautiful, soft, durable, and washable material which is made using the same natural, non-toxic, and biodegradable methods employed by most Native American groups. In these two day classes, participants will partake in the whole process—from scraping the hide to smoking the softened buckskin. The group will tan one deer hide for every four people and, if all goes well, each person should take home about quarter of a finished buckskin.

April 11-12 or April 18-19 depending on preference of students,
all day $100
at Ghost Town Farm in Oakland with Novella Carpenter
sponsored by SAFE (Society for Agriculture & Food Ecology)
Please RSVP to agrofoodecology@gmail.com with subject line 'Tanning' so that we may pi