Makers Arts

Port Townsend is filled with top-tier makers of craft from luthiers to ceramicists. It has a strong identity tied to the many shipwrights, woodworkers, and metalsmiths that power our working port. Local markets include a wide variety of handmade crafts from artisans of all kinds.  For an area its size, Port Townsend and East Jefferson County has a remarkable number of creatives who specialize in bringing to life art that is functional or rooted in craft traditions and trades.

The Salish Sea Makers Market supports a wide variery of vendors who create one-of-a-kind goods. Craft fairs, markets, and small businesses form a local economy that also reaches around the globe through the boatbuilders, musicians, and designers who know Port Townsend-based artisans for their world-class work.