25th Annual Fine Woodwork Show

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Silent Auction

A fine woodwork show and sale featuring designs by 32 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.

Great Cape Baking Co. will be onsite offering a full breakfast and lunch menu, specialty drinks and their famous handmade donuts. Pleasant & Main will be onsite both days as well with their signature coffee drinks and savory crepes. 

Saturday, August 30, 2025, 9am to 5pm & Sunday, August 31, 2025, 9am to 5pm

$5 General Admission & $3 for Berkshire Botanical Garden Members

Berkshire Botanical Garden , 5 West Stockbridge Road (Route 102), Stockbridge, MA 01262

Highlights: The Guild will announce the nine aspiring woodworkers who are the 2025 recipients of scholarships monies totaling $32,000.

Silent auction to fund next year’s scholarships.

Guild members will be showing & selling their work.

Guild members will be demonstrating woodworking techniques.

The Berkshire Woodworkers Guild is a is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) of 104 professional and amateur woodworkers who live and work in the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut.

Guild members share expertise, tools, and business opportunities, and promote awareness of the benefits and availability of custom woodworking. 

The 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.

We 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.

We are a supportive group, welcoming new members to join those who have been part of the Guild for many years.

For 25 years, the Guild has hosted its Fine Woodwork Show at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge MA.

This year 32 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 $120,000 in scholarships to 54 recipients with $90,500 awarded in only the last five years. The 2025 show will feature scholarship recipients showcasing work completed during their time at the educational institution supported by the awarded Scholarship funds. $24,000 in scholarship monies was awarded in 2024 to six recipients, and in 2023 the Guild awarded $16,000 to five recipients.

 
 
 

2023 Fine Woodworking Show and Silent Auction

Our 2023 Show was the best one yet!! With 22 Guild members and 3 former scholarship winners showing their work there was something for everyone to admire. In addition our woodworking demos were a big success educating attendees about different woodworking techniques. The popularity of our Show has grown over the years with around 2,500 people coming to the Show this year. And the Silent Auction to benefit our Scholarship Fund exceeded expectations bringing in over $25,000!! A great big thanks to all for your support!!

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 Mark, Joel Mark 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

2023 Woodworking Demos

Jim Law                  Rubbing Out a Painted Finish
Randy Ezinga, Marc Costantino   Turning
Peter Thorne           Riving
Jim Law                  Sharpening
Ed Holcomb            LongBow Construction
Frost White             Chinese Joinery
Peter Forward         Hand Cut Dovetails
John Dunham          Marquetry

2022THANKS TO ALL FOR A WONDERFUL GUILD 2022 EXHIBITION!

2022 Exhibiting Guild Members:

Jim Law, Undermountain Jointers
Frost White
Joshua &; Kristen Kanter, JK Custom Furniture & Design
Peter Thorne, Peter Thorne Furniture & Design
Jeffrey All, All Woodwork
Joel Mark, Joel Mark Furniture 
Warren Vienneau, Turned Works
Brad Simon, Undermountain Instruments
Erik Schutz, Erik O. F. Schutz Cabinetmaker
Thom Lipiczky
David Douyard, Chairmaker
James Daniels, James Daniels Custom Woodworking
Tom Nichols
Hilary Russell, Berkshire Boatbuilding School
John Dunham, John Dunham Woodcraftsman
Christopher Stosiek, CMS Cabinetry
Louis Wallach, Louis Wallach Fine Woodworking
Geoff Leibovitz, G Leibovitz Restoration 


Caitriona Fiona -2018 Scholarship Recipient
Christopher Laudolff - 2018 Scholarship Recipient
Emily Tillotson - 2018 Scholarship Recipient

THANKS TO ALL FOR A WONDERFUL GUILD 2019 EXHIBITION!

2019 Exhibiting Guild Members: Jim Law, Undermounter Jointers
Joshua & Kristen Kanter, JK Custom Furniture & Design
Sam Craig, Samcraft
Randy Ezinga, Turn Again Woodworks
Warren Vienneau, Turned Works
J. Michael Deegan
Jeffrey All, All Woodwork
Joel Mark, Joel Mark Furniture
John Corcoran
Joe Tierney
Christopher Stosiek, CMS Cabinetry
Peter Forward, Peter Forward Cabinetmaker
Brad Simon, Undermountain Instruments
Erik S. Guzman, KHEM Studios
Paul St. Germaine
Clarke Olsen
Caitriona Fiona -2018 Scholarship Recipient
Christopher Laudolff - 2018 Scholarship Recipient
Emily Tillotson - 2018 Scholarship Recipient


MEMBER MEETINGS

 

Guild members meet on a regular basis to discuss projects, tools, marketing and more. Meetings are
often centered around cabinetmaking skills, such as refinishing, curves and bends, and joinery.

 
 

HOLIDAY PARTY

Each year the Guild members have a chance to relax, enjoy each other’s company,
meet significant others and reflect on the ups and downs of the previous year. Great fun for all!!

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