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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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After a Wednesday field trip up to Searsport to visit the Penobscot Marine Museum, we got an email from Education Director Jeana Gaskop…
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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…
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A little over a week ago, MaineBoats.com featured us in their blog…
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Ann Flannery, one of the first women to attend The Apprenticeshop, has been teaching young people how to build boats…
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A runaway at the age of 19, Mary Lacy found herself in men’s clothes entering a man’s world…
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The boat launching ceremony in Japan is typically called shinsuishiki (literally, "enter water ceremony")…
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Here is a little compilation of some of the interesting techniques Bansho san uses to measure or mark…
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In Japan, many boatbuilders use open fire to bend planking…
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One of the most important elements of our work is recording the design of the tenmasen…
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Ben Meader produced to following video of the Honryousen project we recently completed with Nakagawa san.
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After a beautiful trip into the mountains and then a long trek from Tokamachi, which involved changing trains three times, we arrived in Himi late last Tuesday…
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People often ask me what Japanese boatbuilders use as bedding or seam compound. Traditionally, many boatbuilders used raw lacquer, urushi…
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He kneels in the shadow cast by the planking of the boat, bent over the fine, ink-soaked thread. The light is almost palpable in the dust-soaked atmosphere…
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We have a new two-year apprentice. He’s been here now for 3 weeks, lofting, building molds, and sailing around Penobscot Bay on expedition…
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