Shamanic rattles and salmon skin tanning workshops

 Salmon skin tanning is an ancient craft that uses what is seen as a waste product and a sacred skill in honouring the Salmon. We will be learning how to tan salmon skin from scratch and soften a pre-tanned one to make beautiful leather so you get to work with the whole process. You will also have the opportunity to make a small medicine pouch with the leather to take home. The workshop will be held outdoors at Grown your Joy near Chorley, Lancashire, a great space just to be in nature and re-connect. This is a rarely taught skill and a great opportunity to learn this process using a user-friendly way of tanning that can be done at home only takes 1-2 weeks to do and can open the door to a sustainable and ancient way of working.

The class will be under 10 people and you will get to take what you make home and a fish skin in a jar to finish at home and look after. There will be opportunity to make a small medicine bag with your salmon skin and to participate in a short ceremony to honour the salmon at the end. 

The Venue is Grow your Joy, near Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire

The cost of the workshop is £80 with an early bird cost of £70 if booked before 31st January 2025