Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning
Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning
Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning
Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning
Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning
Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning

Pre-Recorded: Live Skinning & Tanning

$85.00

Watch these live recordings of Allis' 2-night demonstration seminar on skinning and tanning. Recorded July 2025 - 4 Hours of lessons!

This is an introductory course where students will learn the correct techniques for museum-level mammal skinning and tanning (leatherization) of specimens for taxidermy.

This is not a hands-on workshop, and you do not need anything at home. This is an in-depth demonstration and presentation course. While students will not participate physically or take home any pieces, they will be given a comprehensive lesson on the most important step in taxidermy: proper skin preparation.

Students will also be sent a follow-up email with a recording of the course, a PDF copy of the presentations, a step list, a supply list, and a list of resources discussed in the course.

Course Curriculum

Night 1 6pm PST - 8pm PST

  • Presentation on overall prep and skinning types
  • Mammal skinning step-by-step demonstration (Likely baby Raccoon specimen) 
    1. Initial Incision
    2. Skinning
    3. Removal of all toes
    4. Tail skinning
    5. Facial Skinning
    6. Opening ears
    7. Splitting of the nose, eyelids, and lips
    8. Whisker work
  • Salting
  • Q&A

Night 2 6pm PST - 8pm PST

    • Class 1 Recap
    • Fleshing demonstration 

 

  • Tanning overall process presentation
  • Tanning demonstration 
    1. Acid pickling
    2. Fleshing / skin prep while in pickle
    3. Tanning & neutralizing
    4. Washing & degreasing
    5. Oiling
  • Review of materials for students (Copy of tanning formula, recordings, step-by-step PDF, supply list, and resources.)
  • Q&A

After purchase, we will send you an email within 24 hours to watch the videos.