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SUMMARY:Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Fine Woodwork Show and Silent Auction
DESCRIPTION:A fine woodwork show and sale featuring designs by professional woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut.\nSilent auction to benefit the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Scholarship Fund, which supports individuals who aspire to make woodworking their professional goal.\nThroughout the weekend, Guild members will demonstrate various woodworking techniques including woodturning, longbow construction, marquetry, joinery and hand cut dovetails.\nSean 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.\nWebsite:   www.berkshirewoodworkers.org ( http://www.berkshirewoodworkers.org )\nDates:               Saturday, September 2, 2023, 9 am to 5 pm\nSunday, September 3, 2023, 9 am to 5 pm\n \nAdmission:       $5 General Admission\n$3 for Berkshire Botanical Garden Members\n \nLocation:          Berkshire Botanical Garden\n5 West Stockbridge Road (Route 102)\nStockbridge, MA 01262\n \nMedia Contact: Kris Kanter 413 429 6830                                                  berkshirewoodworkers@yahoo.com ( mailto:berkshirewoodworkers@yahoo.com )\n \nHighlights: The Guild will announce the aspiring woodworkers who are the 2023 recipients of scholarships monies totaling $16,000.\nSilent auction to fund next year’s scholarships.\nGuild members will be showing & selling their work.\nGuild members will be demonstrating woodworking techniques.\n \nThe Berkshire Woodworkers Guild is a is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) of 69 professional and amateur woodworkers who live and work in the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut.\nGuild members share expertise, tools, and business opportunities, and promote awareness of the benefits and availability of custom woodworking.\nThe Guild represents a range of backgrounds and experience. Members include furniture makers, cabinetmakers, boat builders, sculptors, house builders, wood turners, luthiers, and suppliers of wood products. We practice and advocate for fine woodworking on a professional level and encourage woodworking as an enjoyable hobby.\nWe are interested in the work of others, in exchanging ideas and techniques, in learning more about woodworking, and in helping one another with advice on skills and materials. To encourage this, Guild members meet once a month in a member’s shop for a brief meeting followed by a demonstration of a technique, tool, or project. These meetings are a time for members to share ideas and learn new ways of approaching their craft.\nWe are a supportive group, welcoming new members to join those who have been part of the Guild for many years.\nFor 22 years, the Guild has hosted its Fine Woodwork Show at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge MA.\nThis 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.\nTo 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.\n2023 Exhibitors:\nJim Law, Undermountain Jointers\nFrost White\nPeter Thorne, Peter Thorne Furniture\nJosh & Kris Kanter, JK Custom Furniture & Design\nJeff All, All Woodwork\nJoel Mark, Joel Mark Furniture\nAlan Turner, Falls Village Woodworking\nWarren Vienneau, Turned Works\nThom Lipcizky\nTom Nichols, Berkshire Sawdust\nMichael King, Berkshire Stump Grinding\nLouis Wallach, Louis Wallach Designs\nPaul St. Germaine, Berkshire Wood\nPeter Forward, Peter Forward Furniture\nEd Holcomb\nJohn Dunham, John Dunham Woodworking\nErik Schutz, Erik O.F. Schutz, Cabinetmaker\nHilary Russell, Russell Boats, Berkshire Boat Building\nChristopher Stosiek, CMS Cabinetry\nBrad Simon, Undermountain Ukuleles & Guitars\nJoe Tierney\nBerkshire Products\nIan Hallowell, Scholarship Recipient 2023\nBenjamin Webb, Scholarship Recipient 2022\nAlexander Begin, Scholarship Recipient 2022\nDemonstration Schedule – Saturday:\nJim Law – Rubbing Out a Painted Finish\n9:15-10:00\nRandy Ezinga & Marc Costantino – Turning\n10:00-10:45\n \nPeter Thorne – Riving\n10:45-11:30\nJim Law – Sharpening\n11:30-12:15\nEd Holcomb – LongBow Construction\n12:15-1:00\nFrost White – Chinese Joinery\n1:00-1:45\nPeter Forward – Hand Cut Dovetails\n1:45-2:30\nJohn Dunham – Marquetry\n2:30-3:15\n \nSunday:\nFrost White – Chinese Joinery\n10:00-10:45\nPeter Forward – Hand Cut Dovetails\n10:45-11:30\nJohn Dunham – Marquetry\n11:30-12:15\nPeter Thorne – Riving\n12:15-1:00\nJim Law – Rubbing Out a Painted Finish\n1:00-1:45\nEd Holcomb – LongBow Construction\n1:45-2:30\nRandy Ezinga & Marc Costantino – Turning\n2:30-3:15\n \n \n
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