Groundwork offers hide tanning classes for all skill levels! Join us to tan your first hide or master more advanced tanning techniques!
Class Offerings
Sheepskin Tanning
Level: Beginner (No experience needed)
Class Length: 3 days (9am to 4pm with a 1-hour lunch break)
Come join us at the Groundwork Educational Farm for 3 days of immersion into the art and craft of hide tanning! Over the course of a long weekend, we will take raw sheep hides and transform them into soft, supple and durable sheepskin rugs. The class will cover all steps involved with hair-on smoke tanning, with other lectures and demonstrations on topics including tanning hair-off hides(buckskin), bark tanning, and leather sewing/clothing making.
You will be able to leave this course with the basic, fundamental understanding of how to transform hides right off the animal into usable textile for clothing, bedding or decor.
This course also offers the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, camp for 3 nights along the bank of the North Fork Gunnison River, and eat from the land!
Skills: scraping hides, tanning hides, smoking hides
Hide Tanning Class Schedule
We are currently working to schedule hide tanning classes for summer and fall 2026. We hope to have classes live by mid-April. Click here to be notified when classes go live!
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Meet The Teachers
We are currently seeking hide tanning teachers! Please send us an email if you would like to teach classes for Groundwork.