Ancestral Skills Handtanned Skins Below you can find a selection of photos of skins I’ve tanned with only natural products and simple hand tools. I have tanned mostly sheepskins, but also goatskins, fishskins, reindeer skins and fox skins (road kill). All animal...
Prehistoric Living Stone Age Immersion | Paleolítico Vivo I am so grateful to have been part of a Stone Age Winter Experiment organized by Werner Pfeifer that took place in September/October 2022 at Paleolítico Vivo, in Burgos, Spain. Paleolítico Vivo (Living...
Ancestral Crafts & Skills Hide Tanning & Leathercraft From a skin that was about to decompose, I transform it into a skin that can live again for many years to come. It can clothe us, protect us from the weather, keep us warm, hold our belongings, and so much...
Visual Art & Photography Storytelling through video Besides photography, I also enjoy creating videos that are visually rich and beautiful, being the landscape and all the other-than-human beings as much protagonists as myself. In these videos, I aim to share...
Hide Tanning & Leathercraft Hide Tanning is Sacred Work From a skin that was about to decompose, I transform it into a skin that can live again for many years to come. It can clothe us, protect us from the weather, keep us warm, hold our belongings, and so much...
My name is Ana Filipa Piedade and I am a portuguese hide tanner and ancestral skills student, practioner and teacher. I find a lot of joy in sharing about traditional living skills with others and try to make them more accessible to everyone.
My name is Ana Filipa Piedade and I am a portuguese hide tanner and ancestral skills student, practioner and teacher. I find a lot of joy in sharing about traditional living skills with others and try to make them more accessible to everyone.