Shop News
In the News
In the past few months, we’ve been featured in two magazines, MaineBiz’s Work for ME 2020 issue and Cape Air’s in-flight magazine…
Board Stories: On Teaching with Zoom
I teach several studio courses in the Craft and Material Studies program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia…
From Boats to Beds
In partnership with several other organizations, including One Community Many Voices, we’re participating in an initiative to provide garden beds, soil, and seedlings to Rockland residents…
Video Shop Tour
Join us for a video tour of the shop while we are closed down to the public.
Projects from Home
While Apprentices and staff haven’t been able to work on boats in the last month, they have come up with all kinds of creative ways to train their hands and eyes at home…
Prospective Perspective
In early March, Jonathan Goodman came to the ‘Shop to do his volunteer week. The following piece was written by Jonathan about his volunteer experience…
Women's History Month Interview
This month, amidst all of the coronavirus uncertainty and upheaval, I had an opportunity to sit down with recent graduate of the 12-week program, Emma Hathaway…
We're All in This Together
Former 12-week apprentice Chris Battaglia has been interviewing apprentices and staff over the last few months to create a series of videos that tell the story of The Apprenticeshop…
Before it was the Apprenticeshop
After a Wednesday field trip up to Searsport to visit the Penobscot Marine Museum, we got an email from Education Director Jeana Gaskop…
Boatbuilders and Wooden Bathtubs
Recently, our Board Chair, Molly Mulhern, sent me a post about a new line of wooden bathtubs designed and built by NK Woodworking. The post reminded me of a different context in which I’ve heard of boatbuilders building bathtubs…
Ann Flannery in the News
Ann Flannery, one of the first women to attend The Apprenticeshop, has been teaching young people how to build boats…
The Mary Lacy
A runaway at the age of 19, Mary Lacy found herself in men’s clothes entering a man’s world…
Shinsuishiki
The boat launching ceremony in Japan is typically called shinsuishiki (literally, "enter water ceremony")…
Measurement Techniques
Here is a little compilation of some of the interesting techniques Bansho san uses to measure or mark…
Japanese Boat Design
One of the most important elements of our work is recording the design of the tenmasen…
Building the Honryousen
Ben Meader produced to following video of the Honryousen project we recently completed with Nakagawa san.