FISH SKINS TO LEATHER - PART 1 Turn Fish Skins into Leather

FISH LEATHER TANNING - TURN SKINS INTO LEATHER
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After Fish Tanning - You've got to return the skin to a very much more natural state of being a fish again, rather than a chemical cardboard.
This video is Part 1 of the natural Fish Tanning process.

A natural fish leather tanning method using natural and organic products:
Aluminum Potassium Sulphate (Alum) a natural salt from the ground.
Calcium Hydroxide - Garden Lime
Vinegar
Salt
These are used to clean the fish and to remove the fish oils.
and various Tree Barks for the tanning.

00:00:02 Intro - How to turn fish skins into fish leather
00:00:15 What supplies do you need to tan fish leather
00:01:00 How to clean the fish skin
00:01:30 How to remove the flesh from the fish skin
00:02:30 How do you scrape the scales off the fish skin
00:03:00 How do you remove the fish oils from the skin
00:04:30 How do you make the tanning solution using tree barks
00:05:00 How do you tan the fish skins
00:06;30 How do you check that the tanning process is complete
00:08:30 How to stretch the skins after tanning
00:09:30 How to soften the skins

This is the first part of the fish tanning process. After the fish have been tanned then the fish leather has to be softened again, to return the fish leather to its more natural and flexible state.
I will be doing some more videos on the rest of this process as well as making hand crafted goods with the Fish leather.

I started to work on tanning fish leather in 2018. I took some short videos to record my work. Unfortunately, I developed Breast Cancer and had to stop for awhile to recover.
I am now starting to tan fish again.

I will be posting more detailed instructions and recipes for the bark tanning at my All Fiber Arts website.
https://allfiberarts.com/2024/my-expe...

I also sell some of my fish tanned and reindeer leather handmade products through my shop on Folksy.
https://folksy.com/shops/Paivatar

Paivatar website.
https://paivatar.com
I sell my handmade items via my Shop on Folksy.