1:1 Hide Tanning Mentorship
This is a five-day hide tanning immersion with Mara Cur and Mark Santamaria from Fern + Roe, at our studio on the WSANEC Peninsula, Vancouver Island.
We gather each day from 10am-4pm. A homestay at the farm's guest suite or camping is available at a discounted rate. We are nestled in a rural community surrounded by ocean, on a 7-acre sheep and horse farm.
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Over five days, you learn by doing: tanning three different full-sized hides into three different textiles. We offer this mentorship in 5 consecutive days or in 2 + 3 days.
OPTION 1 (5 consecutive days or 2+3 days)
1. Choose to make a bark-tanned fishskin leather or a rawhide (your choice)
2. Make a buckskin cloth (leather fabric)
3. Make a sheepskin rug
OPTION 2 (2 + 3 days only)
1.Make bark-tanned [deer/goat/sheep] leather
2. Choose to make buckskin cloth or sheepskin rug (your choice)
3. Make rawhide
The hides and skins above are provided by Fern + Roe.
If you have your own hide(s), this is the one offering of ours in which we work with you to tan your own harvested hides. If you bring your own, hides need to be provided to us at least two weeks in advance. We'll asses if they are in a good state for tanning. We then customize the five days at your skill level + hide size. (Yes, we can mix some of ours and some of yours, depending on the size of your hide(s).
This mentorship is for you if...
You want to immerse in a totally made-for-you, on-the-land getaway
You have or want to start a hide tanning practice or business
You thrive learning solo or with a friend or partner: the 1:1 mentorship can accommodate two people working together!
Investment
$2119 CAD ($1599 USD). + tax
All hides and materials included, including prep work for your BYO-hides.
If a second person wishes to tan their own hides, there is materials cost of $120 USD/$150 CAD for three additional hides.
Next steps
Connect with us by filling in your information in the drop boxes.
We will email you back within 3 days to plan the mentorship. We will offer at least 3 possible dates.
Expect to book 2-6 months in advance.