Prairie Shepherdess

Ever heard of egg tanning?

Egg tanning is one of the oldest traditional methods used to preserve animal hides. It uses the natural fats & proteins in egg yolks to tan the hide. When a hide is worked with the egg, the fats pe*****te the fibers. As the hide is stretched on the frame, the fibers stay separated instead of drying stiff and hard. This is what gives their soft, flexible feel they acquire

Egg tanning is a very hands on process and is done by hand from start to finish, hence why each hide doesn’t turn out the same and is unique and full of so much charm & character

All eggs for tanning are sourced from my families flock of chickens right here on the farm, and the hides are hand tanned by myself from start to finish with lots of love and so much gratitude for the animals that these hides came from. As someone who’s very passionate about whole animal usage, honouring the animal, and natural processes, egg tanning has become my preferred tanning method and I’m obsessed with every stage

You can shop my egg tanned hides by heading to prairieshepherdess.ca, or clicking my link in bio

Couldn’t be more happy to be able to share such a beautiful process with all of you and help honour more beautiful animals ❤️