Fur-Skin Tanning Course
Highlights
A few impressions to give you a feel for this class.
About this Course
Learn to tan fur skins from marten, rabbit and fox using natural ingredients such as bark and fat. We show you how to remove the skin from animals (without damaging fur) and how to tan it using traditional methods. You’ll also get an introduction to fur sewing and learn to make a hat or headband from the finished fur.
Available dates
Contents
Preparing the fur skin
Learn how to remove the skin from the animal without damaging it. The course works with fur skins from marten, rabbit and fox.
Natural tanning
Tan fur skins using natural ingredients such as bark and fat, with traditional methods and tools. The tanning process makes the skin soft and supple, ready to be used for items such as hats and mittens. You’ll also learn more about tanning other skins with traditional methods.
Skin sewing
Get a basic introduction to sewing skin and learn how to make a hat or headband from the finished fur skin.
Structure
This is a five-day, in-person course combining practical fur-skin tanning with an introduction to skin sewing. You’ll work with the skins and learn the tanning and sewing methods during the course.
Prerequisites
It is good to be able to work long days outside with your hands.
Packing List
It is good to have apron, work clothes and gloves. If you have your own equipment or tools for skinning, tanning or sewing, it is helpful to have that with you, but not neccessary.
Board & Overnight
We offer accommodation in a log cabin, yurt or lavvo, with cooking facilities. Get in touch with us to arrange accommodation and food.
Certificate
All the participants will get certificate by participating for whole course.
Reviews
WildNet.Earth Review Policy
Each rating result ranges from 1 to 10. The overall rating for a course is calculated by adding up all the ratings submitted and dividing them by the number of ratings. We use a weighted system: more recent ratings have a greater influence on the overall result.
Participants can also submit sub-ratings for important course areas – such as organizer communication, course management, content & learning progress, procedure & implementation, venue, catering, and accommodation. Sub-ratings and overall ratings are assigned independently of each other and are not necessarily directly related.
Participants can submit a review if they have taken part in a course via WildNet.Earth – even if they have not completed the course in full. In addition, participants can verify themselves and also write reviews even if they have not booked via WildNet.Earth. Changes to reviews that have already been submitted can only be made via WildNet customer service.
To prevent bias, WildNet.Earth uses processes that identify fake or unreliable reviews. Such content will be deleted and measures may be taken against those responsible. Suspicious posts can be reported to customer service by anyone at any time.
We publish both positive and negative reviews, unless they contain or refer to:
- Politically sensitive content
- Advertising
- Illegal activities
- Personal or sensitive data (e.g., phone numbers, email addresses)
- Insults, obscene language, sexualized content, hate speech, discrimination, threats, or violence
- Spam or obviously fake content
- Identity theft
- Any violation of our rating guidelines
Guidelines and standards for reviews
These guidelines ensure that reviews on WildNet.Earth remain relevant, fair, and respectful—without restricting freedom of expression.
Contributions should have a clear connection to the course or experience and help other participants make an informed decision. Personal attacks, religious or political statements, advertising, or support requests (to the organizer or WildNet.Earth) do not belong in reviews and will be removed.
Posts must be suitable for a global audience. Obscenities (even in creative writing) and content that contains hate, discrimination, violence, sexual depictions, or illegal activities are not permitted.
All content must be authentic, independent, and unbiased. Organizers and their partners may not create reviews on behalf of their participants or offer incentives for reviews. Attempts at manipulation (e.g., negative reviews against other organizers) will not be tolerated.
Personal data of third parties may not be published. Copyrights must be observed—published content, especially images, may only be used if the corresponding rights have been obtained.
The opinions expressed are solely those of participants and course providers. WildNet.Earth accepts no liability for reviews or responses. WildNet.Earth acts as a distributor, not as a publisher of content.
Reviews are sorted according to recency and other relevance criteria (e.g., language, reviews with text, etc.). Additional sorting options may be available.
Fur-Skin Tanning Course
Rate your experience
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Your feedback helps other participants and supports the organizers in quality assurance.
A quick login is required to submit a review.
This ensures that only actual participants submit reviews, which increases the relevance of the reviews.
About the Organizer
ULU of Norway
In the cultural landscape of Nordherad in Vågå, with a view to Jotunheimen, you will find ULU of Norway. Here you can experience primitive life outside, learn to tan leather or sew your own clothes. We design and reconstruct clothing and utility items using nature's own raw materials and thousand-year-old traditions. All our leather and leather products are eco-friendly and handmade, and either unique or produced in small series. We offer courses and crafts of the highest quality. Our skins come from Jotunheimen, and are tanned with local materials and respect for the animal.
Hundreds more courses in 30+ categories
Not found what you are looking for yet? Discover many more courses in our course finder.