Fine Woodwork Show & Silent Auction

A fine woodwork show and sale featuring designs by professional woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut.

Silent auction to benefit the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Scholarship Fund, which supports individuals who aspire to make woodworking their professional goal.

Throughout the weekend, Guild members will demonstrate various woodworking techniques including woodturning, longbow construction, marquetry, joinery and hand cut dovetails.

Sean Stanton from North Plain Farm, Great Barrington, MA will be onsite Saturday & Sunday offering farm-raised pork sausages and beef hotdogs. Pleasant & Main from Housatonic, MA will be onsite both days as well with their signature coffee drinks, baked treats and savory breakfast crepes. For 22 years, the Guild has hosted its Fine Woodwork Show at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge MA.

This year 22 Guild members will be displaying their work and live demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the weekend highlighting various woodworking techniques. An important highlight of the show is the Silent Auction. Since founding our guild in 1998, members have supported individuals planning to become professional woodworkers. To that end we have established a Scholarship Fund supported by generous financial donations and by the proceeds from our annual Silent Auction to which guild members donate a variety of beautiful wooden objects. 100% of the proceeds from our Silent Auction go to our Scholarship Fund. As our reputation has grown, our recipients have attended some of the best woodworking and wooden boat building schools in the country. Examples include the North Bennet Street School in Boston, the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts in Beverley, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, the Krenov School in Fort Bragg, California, the Apprenticeshop in Rockport, ME, and the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, R.I.

To date the Guild has awarded $64,000 in scholarships to 38 recipients with $58,500 awarded in only the last five years. The 2023 show will feature scholarship recipients showcasing work completed during their time at the educational institution supported by the awarded Scholarship funds. $16,000 in scholarship monies was awarded in 2023 to six recipients.

2023 Exhibitors:

Jim Law, Undermountain Jointers

Frost White

Peter Thorne, Peter Thorne Furniture

Josh & Kris Kanter, JK Custom Furniture & Design

Jeff All, All Woodwork

Joel Marks, Joel Marks Furniture

Alan Turner, Falls Village Woodworking

Warren Vienneau, Turned Works

Thom Lipcizky

Tom Nichols, Berkshire Sawdust

Michael King, Berkshire Stump Grinding

Louis Wallach, Louis Wallach Designs

Paul St. Germaine, Berkshire Wood

Peter Forward, Peter Forward Furniture

Ed Holcomb

John Dunham, John Dunham Woodworking

Erik Schutz, Erik O.F. Schutz, Cabinetmaker

Hilary Russell, Russell Boats, Berkshire Boat Building

Christopher Stosiek, CMS Cabinetry

Brad Simon, Undermountain Ukuleles & Guitars

Joe Tierney

Berkshire Products

Ian Hallowell, Scholarship Recipient 2023

Benjamin Webb, Scholarship Recipient 2022

Alexander Begin, Scholarship Recipient 2022

Demonstration Schedule - Saturday: 

Jim Law - Rubbing Out a Painted Finish

9:15-10:00

Randy Ezinga & Marc Constentino - Turning

10:00-10:45

Peter Thorne - Riving 

10:45-11:30

Jim Law - Sharpening

11:30-12:15

Ed Holcomb - LongBow Construction

12:15-1:00

Frost White - Chinese Joinery

1:00-1:45

Peter Forward - Hand Cut Dovetails

1:45-2:30

John Dunham - Marquetry

2:30-3:15

 Sunday: 

Frost White - Chinese Joinery

10:00-10:45

Peter Forward - Hand Cut Dovetails

10:45-11:30

John Dunham - Marquetry

11:30-12:15

Peter Thorne - Riving 

12:15-1:00

Jim Law - Rubbing Out a Painted Finish

1:00-1:45

Ed Holcomb - LongBow Construction

1:45-2:30

Randy Ezinga & Marc Constentino - Turning

2:30-3:15