Scraping the Hide
by Nancy Griswold
Title
Scraping the Hide
Artist
Nancy Griswold
Medium
Photograph - Black And White Photography
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2/13/2020 Featured in the group called Out Of The Ordinary on Fine Art America
I photograph I took of a friend who is scraping a hide during a tanning event where the trade of tanning by hand and the way the Native Americans did it was taught. Creating a soft hide is a long and laborious craft which evolves very slowly after many stages and hours of hard work. This is the first stage of scarping and cleaning the hide, in which the hide is draped on a long large log. A special scarping tool is used which is seen here. This event used road kills for their skins.
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January 15th, 2020
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Comments (2)
Randy Burns
What an insightful view of this tedious process. I love seeing and learning about this type thing. Wonderful Nancy. F/L.
Nancy Griswold replied:
Thanks Randy, yes, lots of time and labor, thanks for your comment and the f/l
Bonnie Mason
My father tried this once. Not an easy job! Great photo, Nancy! LF
Nancy Griswold replied:
Thanks so much Bonnie, yes it IS a very hard and long job, I did it too, I learned so much about the process, I see the trade skill very differently now. Thanks for the LF
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