Deer hide drum making book

From day one where they are asked questions that take them out of their comfort zones to the final triumph of presenting the drum to the class held high above their heads and yelling i have a drum. We will even email you some tips so that you can lead your own drum making workshop. Mikmaq drum making workshop with todd labrador at white point. Any hides sent will be suitable for drum making 14 inch drum kit includes everything to make a beautiful drum for yourself. Wild deer and moose leather and raw hide hand drums. Smaller water drums, such as those used in iroquois ceremonies, are actually filled with water, then have the hide stretched over the top. Send us a note if you are interested in getting some parchment or having a book made out of your deer hides. Drums and drum making equipment for sale authentic.

A week spent with the year 6 class of 2014 as they create a deer hide drum. If you do this with cow rawhide, it will fall apart. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. I speculate the hide on mine was stretched in spring or summer, when conditions were humid, making for a fairly tight drumhead. Do not dry your drum over a heater or in a south or west facing window. Soaking the skins for longer than 12 hours can result in a degradation of the skins. Rawhide drum covers and cow rawhide and pow wow drum. If a hide is stretched out on a rack its surface area increases and it can be useful in making drum skins. While the strings didnt all quite meet up directly in. Follow these stepbystep instructions on how to tan a hide. Moose hide drums, although not as heavy as buffalo, also have a deep voice. How to make a diy homemade drum from raw deer hide. If you commission a drum we will agree on the size, what. Hi, this is the first time ive tried anything like this, ive read up a fair bit on making buckskin and i got a hide from a friend a while back.

All redeagle drum hides are taken from natural deaths. Bear skin is thin and lightweight and produces a deep voice. When we are working in the west on the medicine wheel the water, emotions, shadow self then elk medicine gives us the stamina and endurance to get through the edges, from the known to the unknown. Videos are helpful, but i believe you could successfully tan a deer hide using the info contained in this book. Dec 17, 2011 first i would suggest using something else besides deer hide. Vests can be made from all smooth game hide, such as the deer skin vest shown, or a combination of hair on and hair off hides.

We will be making onesided hand drums, using wooden frames made of maple and elk, deer or buffalo hide, and sinew. Rawhide whole hide wandering bull native american shop. The end result of your manual labor is a pliable deer hide you can use for any number of projects. The sport of hunting is an oxymoron because there is nothing sporting in the way animals are killed today.

When you get home pick it up only with your hands on the rim. We occasionally have bison sides they vary in size see below for sizes. They will guide you into the depths of your wisdom through your sacred breath, trusting and believing in yourself through this drum making experience. The drum head in this picture is made from my rawhide method described above. It takes 45 hours sometimes longer to cut lacing for an 18 drum. New ancient stone drums, red moon drums and hair on cowdeer drum workshops. I can arrange a drum day for you and your friends, contact me to discuss. We are gathering contact information from people interested in a future date for this retreat. Dec 23, 2011 as you trim the hide to fit over your drum form, oversize it by a couple inches. Pauline duncans tlingit curriculum resources posters we have a release agreement online which gives us permission to copy and distribute resources for educational purposes only.

Indigenous hand drum making retreat, with bear standing tall, a nehiyaw from onion lake cree nation when. The traditional four directions handle represents the medicine of the land. If you are making your own drums we also have drum frames at great prices from 10 inch hand drums up to 36 inch powwow frames and all sizes in between. Everything you need for this workshop will be supplied with your registration, the hide, the hoop and the deer rawhide for your drum lacing. Fleshing and dehairing are really the only steps required to prepare a skin or hide for use. Moose hide on drums, deer hide drums, handmade drums, raw hide drums, drumsticks moose hide on drums, deer hide drums, handmade drums, raw hide drums, drumsticks, painted drums, native american flutes, sacred spirit drums, native flutes, drum kits, native drums. Our standard colour for the dyed drum is walnut if you would prefer a different colour, please leave us a note during checkout. However if a hide is stretched, manipulated, properly cleaned and soaked in a solution made up from the animals own brains and smoked it becomes buckskin.

It contains many pictures and helpful illustrations of each step in the process. Rawhide choices are goat, deer, elk, buffalo, horse, moose. Soak in a nonmetallic container filled with water and change the water several times until the skin is soft. And when done correctly, brain tanning transforms deer. Meanings of the hides used in our drums by patrick pinson elk. The thicker and more oily the hide, the longer it should be soaked. In this video by leather unlimited, learn how to use a deerskin hide to make useful leather products. I bought a 26 inch bull hide drum a few weeks ago and i was thinking about painting it but am unsure what type of paint to use. Hide tanning make rawhide leather from a deer skin duration. Native american drum making kits for sale centralia fur. You can use it for making snowshoe lacing or drum heads or lacing to tie things together like knife blades to handles, etc. Pauline duncans tlingit curriculum resources posters we have a release.

The hides of horse, moose, bull, cow, deer, goat, buffalo and elk are stretched across the frames, sometimes on two sides of a barrelshaped drum. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Learning how to tan a deer hide is not a difficult task, but it does take some manual labor and a lot of time. Deer hide tanning manataka american indian council.

How to make a diy homemade drum from raw deer hide youtube. Our full selection of deer hide hand drums with lots in stock ready to ship. These are specialty drums and need a thin moose hide. Make a drum of your own if you want the joy of creating a beautiful object and invigorating music, make a drum. Begin to tighten the waxed string loops gently all the way around the drum, giving the skin a chance to dry around edges and get stronger. Appealing to both the artist and the musician in us, these simple. Year 6, 2014 drum making with richard littlefeather by. Lay softened skin on a flat working surface and work over the hide, pulling it taut to break up any remaining tissue and fat. Compared to the process of softtanning, the work of making rawhide is relatively simple. Thank you for choosing centralia fur and hide for you drum making, we appreciate your business. Also included are the makings of a soft drum beater and instructions. Making buckskin from a deer hide first time paleoplanet. As you trim the hide to fit over your drum form, oversize it by a couple inches. Being guided to make drums, claire and benny set out to find the most ethical source of wood and hide possible.

A small to medium size deer will normally yield only 23 pairs of gloves, depending upon damage of course. We make these drums in honor of the ancestors and the animals of the new world. Pauline duncans tlingit curriculum resources posters. Moose hide on drums, deer hide drums, handmade drums, raw. For all these native american hand drums we only pick the finest rawhide skins to get the deepest, richest tone. However, once again, humans are the ones benefitting the most off these animals. They are also a great medium for artists to work on. We will work with our drums as a visioning meditation for our lives and our paths. Actually, the steps or processes varied slightly from tribe to tribe and depended somewhat upon the skin being prepared. Cut a piece of lacing thats at least 20 times the diameter of the drum frame. I also sell drum making supplies and have drum making kits available. Custom made leather accessories from your game skins by.

We have wild deer leather, deer raw hide, moose leather and new for 2012 moose raw hide for powwow drums. Its 14 inches deep so it has a deep loud tone to it, i never had a painted drum so im worried that the sound will be different after its painted. How to make something valuable with you deerskin hides youtube. I use only 1 deer hide per drum, and any remaining rawhide is yours to keep to make shamanic rattles with or other spiritual craftwork. These skins can be selected from cow, horse, elk, buffalo, moose, or deer hide in bleached or natural finish. Lay your drum on a seat or flat surface handleside down. Fleshing a hide i let this piece of hide sit in a pot full of water and wood ashes for about 3 days. The drum hoop or frame can be yellow cedar, red cedar, willow oak or maple. A normal moose hide will twist and destroy the frame of a hand drum when it dries. Books made out of deer hide parchment make great hunting journals. This book is usually first on any list of good books on tanning deer hides and making buckskin. We are supplied by a small family ran deer farm in the fens where the deer have a free range existence and stay with their mothers from birth in spring to winter when they are weaned.

If you stop here and stretch this hide out on a frame and let it dry, you have rawhide. We have drum covers in sizes from 12 inches up to 44 inches in diameter. These are thinner and more supple so you will find them easier to work with when you are making drum heads. If you have questions about our rawhide please give us a call. I am working on painting a drum i made with carlos gomes. So what is the difference between deer and reindeer. Dec 05, 2016 this is a drum i made for my sons first birthday. The creation of the drum is a prayer and a ceremony in itself. This method of tanning leather is low cost and low labor compared to other methods. Punch holes in the hide evenly around the drum be sure to punch with a leather punch or a roundedoff nail, as a knife hole will tear, about.

Jul 19, 2011 in this video by leather unlimited, learn how to use a deerskin hide to make useful leather products. Hand drum, deer hide, sound healing, native art, book. Preparation of hides and frames completedcircledrums. Usually devan cuts the lacing from the same hide as the head. But certain hides make for bad lacing such as deer and goat. Todd has hand prepared all the materials you will need to make your own drum under his guidance. Im making buckskin from a deer hide first time paleoplanet. Year 6, 2014 drum making with richard littlefeather by john.

We use only the finest cow, horse, elk, buffalo, moose, or deer hides. Soaking time will depend on the condition the skin is in. They are hunted or bred and used for transportation, milk, hide, meat and antlers. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Dry your drum by hanging it with the hanger provided in a safe place away from animals or children. Both deer and reindeer are part of the same family, also because the reindeer is a species of deer.

Should you wish to have a drum commissioned, my prices start at 275 for a 14 inch drum. Jan 28, 2015 if a hide is stretched out on a rack its surface area increases and it can be useful in making drum skins. Normally my video productions are a little faster than that. A process that involved so much more than just making a drum. Drum kits come with your choice of a precut deer, elk, horse, moose or buffalo rawhide drum head and hand cut rawhide lacing. Pull the braided handle as tight as you can, making a ball at the center. Cow rawhide is the stiffest and strongest type of rawhide. A shamanic guide to the creation of sacred drums from raw deer hides. Today, hunting is called a sport, we suppose because participants find amusement in the activity. So devan gets creative and finds combinations that not only look great, but work well energetically. Braintanning is still the simplest method of athome tanning, and you dont need many special tools. Drum lessons for kids, drum craft, drums art, hand drum, deer hide, sound healing, native art, book of shadows, wicca xenya knyazeva project inspiration musical jingle sticks.