PORT TOWNSEND — Woodworkers from all over East Jefferson County will show off their creations at the 10th annual Port Townsend Woodworkers Show next weekend.
The show will be Saturday and Sunday at the American Legion Hall at 209 Monroe St. in downtown Port Townsend.
The doors will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday — the show will be part of the Gallery Walk — and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Admission will be free to the public.
Exhibitors will include furniture- and cabinetmakers, luthiers and instrument-makers, boatbuilders, carvers, sculptors, jewelers, turners and students from the Chimacum and Port Townsend High School woodworking programs.
The show is organized and presented by “The Splinter Group” — a loose-knit collective of woodworkers with the mission statement: “Dovetailing two communities: woodworkers and Port Townsend.”
Splinter Group members are local professional woodworkers Steve Habersetzer, Michael Hamilton, David Kellum, Tim Lawson, John Marckworth and Seth Rolland.
The show is expected to draw 1,800 over the weekend, they said.
It will feature new work and new exhibitors in addition to returning artists.
The purpose of the show is to introduce Port Townsend to the community of woodworkers in its midst and to provide an opportunity for woodworkers to present their work directly to the public in a relaxed and informal setting, organizers said.
This year’s sponsors include Carl’s Building Supply, Edensaw Woods Ltd., Henery’s Do It Best Hardware, the Port Townsend School of Woodworking and the SplinterGroup.
For complete information about the show, go online to www.splintergroup.org or www.ptwoodschool.org.