Annapolis Woodworkers Guild

Mark Supik is a graduate of The Maryland Institute College of Art’s sculpture program, and has operated a woodturning business in Baltimore since 1981. Using industrial lathes, some from the turn of the last century, Mark and his staff turn functional architectural pieces, furniture parts, and wooden tap handles for regional microbreweries. Eighteen years ago, Mark started a weekend woodturning school and has taught hundreds of beginning and experienced woodturners. Mark's

Brian is a Master in the Joiner Shop at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Although Brian began his professional career with a degree in Technical Theater from Carnegie Mellon University, in 1999 he left that all behind to pursue a career in cabinet making at North Bennett Street School. In 2008, Brian began working at Colonial Williamsburg in the Anthony Hay Cabinet Making Shop and He received his Journeyman papers in 2015. After almost 12 years studying and building furn

I’ve been working with wood since I was about 12 years old, and 10 years later, in 1981, I was apprenticing and learning the trade the old-fashioned way. Along the way, I also studied architectural engineering, which gave me a strong foundation in how things go together - both structurally and visually. Over the years, I’ve done just about everything in the woodworking world - shop work, field installs, and office roles. I’ve carved ball-and-claw legs, shaped realistic ducks,

Charlie Flanagan will talk about restoring a classic sailboat in a backyard. He is a retired history educator who earned a Ph.D. in American Studies with a concentration in material culture studies. He also has about 60 years of experience of backyard wooden boat building and repair. His academic pursuits led to spending the mid-1970s to 2025 teaching in various places, concluding with 15 years as an Outreach Supervisor at the National Archives in Washington. The love of boat