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Open Studio (fine woodwork, quilts, baskets and stained glass)

DownEast WoodArt 28 Churchill Road, South Portland

2024 Open Studio October 5-6, 2023, 9am to 4pm
You are welcome to a two-day event featuring a wide variety of recent and unique handmade furniture including chairs, bowls, tables, end tables, coat rack, lamps, mirrors and small boxes (some at sale prices). Handmade baskets by Lorraine Snapp will be available again this year (in many different shapes, sizes and uses). New this year will be several stained glass pieces creatively made by Benn Sither.

In addition, answers to questions and demonstrations of woodworking skills, techniques and methods will occur. Jim Vander Schaaf provides highly desirable woodworking education and designs and builds custom furniture to meet client needs. His first book was published in 2018.

Portland Pottery Gallery Sale and Studio Tours

Portland Pottery 118 Washington Ave, Portland

Please join us at Portland Pottery for Maine Craft Weekend! Our gallery is open everyday 9am - 5pm and sells a collection of teacher and student work. We will offer studio tours for folks interested in seeing our various classroom spaces (wheel throwing and hand building), glazing areas, and high-fire reduction kiln. We are happy to answer questions about adult classes or other ways to engage with our community!

We also welcome you to pop down to our new, second studio location: 49 Fox St. This is a mid-fire studio where we offer private lessons, parties, youth classes, and adult intro classes.

Hope to see you there!

Open Studio + Showroom with Doug Wilson of Wilson’s Forge

Wilson Forge 455 Eggemoggin Rd, Little Deer Isle

Douglas E. Wilson, MCA's Maine Craft Artist Award Winner of 2020, will host an open studio and showroom at his studio Wilson Forge in Little Deer Isle. Watch the artist and his apprentice demonstrate the time-honored trade of blacksmithing. They will have two forges going...

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Blown Glass Pumpkin Patch at Atlantic Art Glass

Atlantic Art Glass 25 Pine St., Ellsworth

Every October, we turn the hot glass-blowing shop into a "Glass Pumpkin Patch." We will pull out all the stops for Maine Crafts Weekend to celebrate and share our love of glass and other crafts with you! Linda Perrin and her team of glassblowers delight in creating a hub of arts activities while they demonstrate their glassblowing craft to the public. Come to the warehouse to watch traditional glassblowing all day as they make glass pumpkins in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors! Other local artisans will be showing and selling their crafts during the event. New this year are weaving and enameling workshops – stay tuned! Fine jewelry, pottery, prints, and more... Fogtown Brewery, located in the same building, will be slinging beverages and wood-fired pizza.! Swing by on Saturday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm and on Sunday from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.

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Maine Craft Weekend at Artsworth

Artsworth Studios 25 Pine St., Ellsworth

A weekend of open studio activities! Artsworth annually creates this "hub" of fine arts activities in the building we share with our glassblowing neighbor, Atlantic Art Glass. It's a grand celebration of creativity by local makers, and you can find many of them here in one dynamic location.

Linda Perrin's team of glassmakers will demonstrate traditional glassblowing all day as they make glass pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colors! Atlantic Art Glass's studio will be turned into a glass pumpkin patch as the molten glass is pulled from the furnace, blown, and hand-formed on the end of a blowpipe. There are bleachers set up, and refreshments will be provided for your comfort as you watch demonstrations. The glass pumpkin patch charms visitors of all ages!

Artsworth is considered an MCA HUB. Local artisans will share their work at the 25 Pine St. Warehouse—fine jewelry, prints, pottery, fiber art, and more! Everyone will be showing, selling, demonstrating, and discussing how they make their work.

Come one, come all! Artsworth prides itself on being welcoming to all people and focusing on building community one event at a time. We want to see you out for this fabulous weekend—see you there!

Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Autumn Cipala Ceramics with guest Jackie Haines Jewelry

Autumn Cipala Studio 15 Ross Ave, Thomaston

Autumn Cipala Ceramics with guest Jackie Haines Jewelry, Oct. 5, 10-4 & October 6, 11-3

Autumn Cipala and guest artist Jackie Haines invite you to an Open Studio & Pop-Up Shop on Saturday, October 5, 10:00–4:00, and Sunday, October 6, 11-3 at 15 Ross Ave, Thomaston Maine. The doors to Autumn’s Pottery Studio will be open with handmade works by both artists on display and available for purchase.

Autumn Cipala creates luminous porcelain vessels with a truth to function. Soft, translucent glazes enhance the clean elegance of form and highlight fine details and surface embellishment.

She is honored to be the 2024 Maine Artist Fellow in Fine Craft, an award presented by the Maine Arts Commission. Autumn holds an MFA from University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her work is exhibited nationally & internationally.

Jackie Haines will be visiting from her Lamoine studio with mixed metal wearable treasures. Her jewelry is made with gold, silver, and beautiful gemstones. Haines uses sustainable practices, recycled metals, and carefully selected ethically sourced stones. She finds inspiration everywhere, whether from an insect in her garden or a sunset from a mountaintop.

The artists invite you to see their newest artwork, shop for one-of-a-kind pieces, and talk about the inspirations, processes, and techniques used to create each piece by hand.

Homeport Pottery and Artisan Gallery

Cathie Cantara Studio 131 Beachwood Ave, Kennebunkport

Come visit a full time working pottery studio and browse our showroom and Backdoor Gallery filled with unique handcrafted works created by Maine Artisans. There will be ongoing pottery demos throughout the weekend. Guest Artist Susan Collier will be here with her paintings and block prints and guest Artist Susan Wallack will have her wonderful jewelry for sale. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Marcie Jan Bronstein: Open Studio + Sale

Marcie Jan Bronstein 39 Homestead Close, Belfast

Unique sculptural/functional ceramics. The studio is located in a reconstructed barn just 3 miles from the Penobscot Bay and the beautiful town of Belfast. 10 am-4 pm, October 5 + 6, 2024. Homemade biscotti as well!

With the Grain – demonstrations and conversation

With the Grain 29 North Guilford Road, Monson

Visit Ed Hoovler at with the Grain where "the curious are welcome"! See his shop and learn about the art of bowl turning. Each bowl that Ed makes comes with a story told by the tree. Saturday and Sunday 10-4pm Enjoy lemonade and snickerdoodles. A raffle for 50% off a bowl purchase will take place.

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Pottery at Belfast Clay Studio

Belfast Clay Studio 34 Front Street, Belfast

Stop by Belfast Clay Studio and see many artisans in action.

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Micki Whelan Open Studio Sale!

Micki Whelan 15 Marial Ave, Biddeford

Open Studio and Gallery : preview of new jewelry collection in memory of Jan Yager, along with our tried and true best-loved styles. Also a new series of smaller original paintings at friendly prices...

Greenwood Furniture Making Demostration @ Village Handcraft, Wiscasset

Village Handcraft 52 Water St., Wiscasset

Join Eric McIntyre - greenwood worker, spoon carver & broom maker - in his downtown storefront workshop to see the delight of simple hand tools in action. He'll be demonstrating the craft of greenwood furniture making throughout the weekend in his shop, Village Handcraft. Starting with a storm-fallen ash tree from just a couple hundred feet from the shop, Eric will use wedges, axes, drawknives and more to split parts from the log, shape them with hand tools, and join them into a beautiful, functional seat. Stop by 11am-5pm Saturday or Sunday to see where he is at in the process, ask questions about the work, or peruse the other goods he makes right there in the store.

Studio Tour @ Antje Roitzsch

Antje Roitzsch Studio 310 Youngtown Road, Lincolnville

Have you ever wondered how a mobile gets to balance? During this open studio, you will get the chance to see works in progress and you can witness the magic of sculptures taking to the air, balancing and moving.

Additionally, walk through the garden display and enjoy the artwork on the open porches. Dynamically moving sculptures need to be seen in person, no photo will give justice to the magic. Enjoy this chance to see mobiles as well as a line of jewelry and belt buckles in different sizes and materials. I look forward to meeting you.
- Antje