Pre-Recorded: Skinning & Tanning
Watch these live recordings of Allis Markham's 2-night demonstration seminar on skinning and tanning mammals. Recorded July 2025 - 4 Hours of lessons!
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This is an introductory demonstration where students learn the correct techniques for museum-level mammal skinning and tanning (leatherization) of specimens for taxidermy.
This is an in-depth video series with high-resolution video demonstrations and a presentation course. Students will be given a comprehensive lesson on the most important step in taxidermy: proper skin preparation.
Students will be sent links to the recordings of the course, a step list, detailed instructions, a supply list, and a list of resources discussed in the course (example tracings, measurement sheets, etc.)
Course Curriculum
Video 1
- Presentation on overall prep and skinning types
- Mammal skinning step-by-step demonstration (Likely baby Raccoon specimen)
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- Initial Incision
- Skinning
- Removal of all toes
- Tail skinning
- Facial Skinning
- Opening ears
- Splitting of the nose, eyelids, and lips
- Whisker work
- Salting
- Q&A
Video 2
- Class 1 Recap
- Fleshing demonstration
- Tanning overall process presentation
- Tanning demonstration
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- Acid pickling
- Fleshing / skin prep while in pickle
- Tanning & neutralizing
- Washing & degreasing
- Oiling
- Q&A
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