The Scrimshaw Workshop

Greetings! Especially to all of my past scrimshaw customers and friends. After 40 years of having The Scrimshaw Workshop in Bar Harbor (18 years out of town on Rt 3 and 22 years downtown” I finally decided to “retire” from having a shop. The Mount Desert Islander did a nice article about me, which you can see by clicking here. For anyone not familiar with my “history”, this article tells the story pretty well.

Remembering my shop

Please take a moment and see this video that a friendly tourist took of my shop!

I am sorry to all of my “old” customers who are sad that my shop in Bar Harbor has come to an end. I will miss all of you folks who repeatedly came to my shop over the years. I really hope that when you come to Maine, you might be able to get to one of my craft shows to come by and say hello!

See my annual craft show schedule below!

Chris Cambridge

Scrimshander

207.667.0735

scrimshaw.workshop@gmail.com

My 2023 Craft Show Schedule

(Look for my 2024 craft show Schedule by the end of April!)

April 22-23 Eastern Shore Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels, MD

May 27 – 28 Island Arts Association, Memorial Day Weekend, Bar Harbor ME Village Green Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

June 11 Bon Aire Street Festival, Ogunquit, ME. Saturday 10am-5pm (One day show)

June 17-18 Island Arts Association South West Harbor ME. Pemetic School Lawn. Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

June 24-25 Arts in the Park Belfast, ME Steamboat Landing Park, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm

June 29-30 Windjammer Days, Boothbay Harbor, ME. Artist’s Alley, Whale Park Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm

July 4 Island Arts Association. Bar Harbor ME, YMCA Monday 8am-3pm (One Day Show)

July 8-9 9am-10pm Harbor Arts Summer Fair, Camden ME. Camden Library Lawn, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm

July 22-23 Island Arts Association. Southwest Harbor, ME Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

August 11-13 Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival, Bar Harbor Inn Grounds Friday 12pm -7pm Saturday 10am -7pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm

August 19-20 Island Arts Association. Southwest Harbor, Downtown Pemmetic School Lawn Saturday and Sunday 10am -5pm

September 2-3  Island Arts Association. Labor Day Weekend Fair . Bar Harbor Village Green. Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

September 9-11. Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival. Bar Harbor Inn Grounds. Friday 12pm -7pm, Saturday 9am -7pm, Sunday 10am- 5pm

September 16-17 Island Arts Association, Southwest Harbor. Downtown – Pemetic School Lawn Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

October 6-8 Freeport Fall Festival L.L Bean Grounds Freeport, ME Friday 12pm-6pm, Saturday 10am -6pm, Sunday 10am-4pm

October 14-15 Island Arts Association, October Craft Fair Bar Harbor, Atlantic Oceanside Hotel Lawn. (right along Rt. 3 on the outskirts of Bar Harbor) Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm

November 4-5 New England Craft Fairs. North Yarmouth, ME Wescustogo Hall and Community Center. Saturday and Sunday 9am-4pm

PLEASE NOTE THE NOVEMBER 4-5 SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED

It has been replaced with the following show

November 18-19 The 11th Annual Holly Berry Arts and Crafts Show. Portland Fireside Inn, 81 Riverside St Portland ME. Saturday and Sunday 9am -4pm

April 22-23 Eastern Shore Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels, MD

May 27 – 28 Island Arts Association, Memorial Day Weekend, Bar Harbor ME Village Green Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

June 11 Bon Aire Street Festival, Ogunquit, ME. Saturday 10am-5pm (One day show)

June 17-18 Island Arts Association South West Harbor ME. Pemetic School Lawn. Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

June 24-25 Arts in the Park Belfast, ME Steamboat Landing Park, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm

June 29-30 Windjammer Days, Boothbay Harbor, ME. Artist’s Alley, Whale Park Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm

July 4 Island Arts Association. Bar Harbor ME, YMCA Monday 8am-3pm (One Day Show)

July 8-9 9am-10pm Harbor Arts Summer Fair, Camden ME. Camden Library Lawn, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm

July 22-23 Island Arts Association. Southwest Harbor, ME Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

August 11-13 Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival, Bar Harbor Inn Grounds Friday 12pm -7pm Saturday 10am -7pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm

August 19-20 Island Arts Association. Southwest Harbor, Downtown Pemmetic School Lawn Saturday and Sunday 10am -5pm

September 2-3  Island Arts Association. Labor Day Weekend Fair . Bar Harbor Village Green. Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

September 9-11. Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival. Bar Harbor Inn Grounds. Friday 12pm -7pm, Saturday 9am -7pm, Sunday 10am- 5pm

September 16-17 Island Arts Association, Southwest Harbor. Downtown – Pemetic School Lawn Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

October 6-8 Freeport Fall Festival L.L Bean Grounds Freeport, ME Friday 12pm-6pm, Saturday 10am -6pm, Sunday 10am-4pm

October 14-15 Island Arts Association, October Craft Fair Bar Harbor, Atlantic Oceanside Hotel Lawn. (right along Rt. 3 on the outskirts of Bar Harbor) Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm

November 4-5 New England Craft Fairs. North Yarmouth, ME Wescustogo Hall and Community Center. Saturday and Sunday 9am-4pm

PLEASE NOTE THE NOVEMBER 4-5 SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED

It has been replaced with the following show

November 18-19 The 11th Annual Holly Berry Arts and Crafts Show. Portland Fireside Inn, 81 Riverside St Portland ME. Saturday and Sunday 9am -4pm

Scrimshaw Photo Gallery

Below is a small sampling of some of my past works. If you would like to order a custom piece of Scrimshaw, please call me at 207-667-0735

Display Pieces

Scrimshaw Lobster Crusher claw and thumb
Fossil walrus tusk Inuit artifact – Adze
¨Bass Harbor Light¨. Blue bark Mammoth Ivory
¨Breaching Humpback¨ – Fossil Walrus Tooth

¨Humpback and Calf¨ – Sperm Whale Tooth

¨Nubble Light¨ – Sperm Whale Tooth
¨Boston Harbor at Sunset¨, 1853,  From the original Oil by Fitz Hugh Lane – Mammoth Ivory bark.

Pendants

North American Wildlife – Woolly Mammoth Ivory

 

Mammoth Ivory

Knives

Sterling silver Fossil Walrus and Mammoth Ivory belt buckle