BOOKING
HIDE TANNING
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About the instructor
Learn with me, deer & moose hide tanner Hunter Cascagnette (they/ them/ theirs). I’ve been tanning since 2017 & teaching the skill since 2019. I’m excited about sharing my knowledge & deep love for this art form!
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Currently, I'm mainly available to teach deer and moose hide tanning on Manitoulin Island and in Greater Sudbury District and surrounding areas of Ontario but if you're located near these areas and would like to book me, please reach out.
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Hide Tanning Bookings
Hosting a full immersion 5-7+ Day deer or moose hide tanning camp where we learn the full process or a large portion of hide tanning stages requires a large budget because there are many associated costs.
I can be booked to travel in Ontario for full immersion hide camps if all my costs will be covered and time well compensated. If you'd like me to supply tools, equipment and maybe even hides, I'm available to travel within a few hours driving distance of Manitoulin Island to teach.
1-2 Day Hide Tanning Demonstrations are available for booking and cost less to host. These will cover an overview of 1 or 2 stages of hide tanning. I can be booked for hide demonstrations locally in the regions named above.
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I will rent out tools and equipment needed for hosting a hide camp and demonstrations.
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Email me for teaching fees and equipment rental fees at medicines.from.the.land@gmail.com
Please fill out the form above with your teaching request with as much detail as possible.
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Thanks for your interest in tanning with me!
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More about the instructor:
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Hunter Cascagnette (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, harvester, herb grower & herbalist based on Mnidoo Mnising, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Hunter’s visual art practice is centered around naturally dyed deer rawhides, traditional brain tanning of deer & moose hides, antler work & the intersections between plant medicine, trees & hides.
From brain tanning their first deer hide in 2017, to tanning their first moose hide with their partner in 2020, to bark tanning their first sheepskin in 2024, Hunter continues to fall more deeply in love with the process & transformation of tanning hides.
Hunter teaches hide tanning for hire & sells their handcrafted smoke-tan hides & rawhides through their small business Medicines From The Land @medicines_from_the_land. They are a co-founder & hide tanning mentor with Niizh Manidook Hide Camp @niizh_manidook_hide_camp.
Attending hide camps has profoundly impacted Hunter’s hide tanning journey & practice. They are dedicated to continuing to learn & share knowledge about this rich ancestral artform.​​​ ​
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About the hides
The deer hides are tanned using traditional brain tanning methods which incorporate the animal’s brain, metal, and bone tools purchased from Indigenous tool makers, smoke from rotted deciduous trees and many hours of physical and at times grueling work. There are no chemicals involved in our brain tanning process (commercially tanned hides undergo some chemical treatments). The hides are handcrafted, all-natural and made through focus, hard work, and Indigenous wisdom.
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Everything is done by hand, with care.
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Hide Purchasing Info
We do not currently take orders for deer hides - Deer hides sales are announced on Instagram, Facebook & through our mailing list!
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