With the right tools and techniques, a person can use what nature gave to create something more. Many of these methods are being lost with time and technology. Take, for instance, tanning hides. In early human history, people used animal hides to keep warm, aiding them in daily survival. Today, the tanning process usually is done with man-made chemicals. “Tanning naturally entails a considerable amount of time,” Mark Taylor of Wellsboro said. “In the quest to make leather goods more expediently, people utilized prepared chemical mixtures of various sorts to speed up the tanning process.” Still, some people prefer a more natural method. Taylor is one of them. “They say that a deer has enough brains to tan its own hide,” he said. Taylor and his friend, Ed Wentzler of Montoursville, have used the brain-tanning method for year.