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SOLD OUT - Fish Skin Leather Workshop

 
 

**In light of the new COVID 19 restrictions set out by the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), the workshops will require proof of vaccination.**

Learn the process of transforming raw fish skins into a beautiful, durable textile that can be used to make clothing, pouches, wallets, footwear, art, and anything you would use leather for. In this two-part class we will explore tanning with tannins and fats using simple and natural ingredients found in your kitchen. You will know everything you need to know to have your own Home Tannery and enjoy a new connection to an old ancestral skill. 

Includes fish skins, tannins, tools and supplies. Each person will take home at least 2 pieces of salmon leather. We will explore:

  • History of fish tanning from around the world

  • Stories about human relationships with salmon

  • Tanning process from beginning to end

Time permitting: Option to make a small project with your completed leather

Dates: This event is one workshop divided in two parts

• Saturday, November 13, 2021 (Part I)

• Saturday, November 20, 2021 (Part II)

Time: 9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Location: Museum of Vancouver

Tickets: $130 for non-members, $120 for members, and $100 for Indigenous peoples

*Please call 604-736-4431 during MOV business hours to obtain a discount code if you are an MOV Member or Indigenous. A service fee and GST is also applied to ticket sales.

Spaces are limited. Register early. Masks are required.

Workshop ticket includes FREE admission to our feature exhibitions Boarder X, That Which Sustains Us, A Seat at the Table, Neon Vancouver Ugly Vancouver, and c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city. Consider arriving early with your event ticket to view exhibits!

If you are having trouble using the embedded form above, please try to purchase your ticket directly on Eventbrite here.

For general inquiries regarding this workshop please contact Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator, Jasmine Wilson here.

Please note that this workshop is in 2 parts

Workshop Facilitator

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Janey Chang

Janey Chang is an Artist, Maker, Outdoor Experiential Educator, Community Facilitator and Mother on a path to remembering how to be human and alive through the (re)learning of ancestral skills. She is a first-generation Chinese Canadian woman living on beautiful Skwxwú7mesh and Tsleil-Waututh Territory at the foot of the mountains and close to the ocean. Her main art form is fish skin leather, where she gives new life to salmon skins that are destined for waste from the restaurant industry. Learning this ancient skill has helped to connect her to her Chinese heritage as well as to K’emk’emelay, the land she now calls home. This passion has evolved into her livelihood, and she has had the honour of teaching fish leather classes to many, including indigenous communities who have distant memories of this old ancestral skill. During the pandemic, she has taken an even deeper dive into the art of making fish skin leather and to teaching classes virtually to local and international audiences.