• Shop
    Shop
    Browse ourMaine-Made Gifts and More
  • Adventures
    Adventures
    Browse ourWorkshops and Trips
Subscribe Here
Down East Magazine, June 2025
  • Travel & Outdoors
    • Our Towns
    • Land, Water & Wildlife
    • Down East Adventures
    • Browse Travel & Outdoors
  • Food & Drink
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Browse Food & Drink
  • Home & Garden
    • Maine-Made
    • Nominate Your Maine Home
    • Browse Home + Garden
  • Culture & History
    • Arts & Leisure
    • History
    • Issues & Politics
    • Maine Events
  • Magazine
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Subscribe
    • Gift a Subscription
    • Manage Subscription
    • Down East Merch
    • Sign up for Down East‘s Newsletters
  • Contests
    • 2025 Best of Maine Poll
    • The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt
    • 10th Annual Reader Photo Contest Winners

Maine-Made

Rustic Workbench’s dibble may have a funny name, but it gets serious work done in the garden.

The Maine-Made Hand Tool Every Gardener Should Own

Rustic Workbench’s dibble may have a funny name, but it gets serious work done in the garden.
SoPo designer Valerie Beggs modeling the dress from her Woodland Waders line

The SoPo Designer Modeling Fashion on Fishing Waders

For her Woodland Waders line, Valerie Beggs takes inspiration from lobsterers, anglers, and her stint on a shingling crew.
Austin Phillips and his puppets

Portland’s Austin Phillips Is Among the World’s Finest Professional Dummy Makers

The puppet maker and restorer once hid his passion for the craft. Not anymore.
JR Pelletier is ready to share his recycled art with the world.

A Sabattus Artist Turns Scraps into Sculptures

JR Pelletier’s recycled art has been a bit of a secret. Now, he’s ready to share it with the world.
Love Rocks Me

The Beach-Combed Art of Love Rocks Me

See how South Portland’s Ellen Thayer shows off her love for Maine. A Down East Shop maker spotlight.

Strikes, Timbs, and Space Moccasins: A Lewiston–Auburn Shoemaking Timeline

Museum L–A’s new exhibit celebrates shoe manufacturing on the Androscoggin.
Winter Starts Now opens in Maine, and follows the owners of Freeport’s Amalgam Skis.

Maine Ski and Board Makers Star in New Warren Miller Film

Winter Starts Now opens in Maine, and follows the owners of Freeport’s Amalgam Skis.
Jawad Al Fatlawi and one of his ouds

The Maine Luthier Blending Eastern and Western Traditions

Jawad Al Fatlawi’s design makes ouds easier to play for guitarists.
Portland furniture maker Kyle Kidwell’s tapered-leg, walnut McCormick table, and matching bench, anchor a cozy dining area designed by the city’s Tyler Karu.

Meet 14 Furniture Makers Who Embody the Maine Spirit

Your next heirloom is waiting in one of their shops.
Festive Fish

Festive Fish Brings the Sea into Your Home

Yarmouth maker Alison Bramhall aims to capture the spirit of her salty outdoor adventures. A Down East Shop maker spotlight.

Maine’s Flexible Flyer Brand is a Retro Sledding-Hill Classic

The history of runner-sleds runs through one Oxford Hills company.
With handmade charcuterie boards suddenly on-trend, Maine woodworkers are going with the grain.

6 Gorgeous Maine-Made Charcuterie Boards

With handmade charcuterie boards suddenly on-trend, Maine woodworkers are going with the grain.
1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 25

TRENDING ON DOWNEAST.COM

Doughnuts from the Cookie Jar Pastry Shop.

Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

Down East Magazine June 2026 Where in Maine? clue

Can You Name This Maine Waterway?

My Final Days on the Maine Coast

Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine

7 Independent Bookstores That Maine Authors Love

About Us

  • Contact Down East
  • About Down East
  • Jobs
  • Submissions
  • Nominate Your Maine Home
  • Sponsor Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Customer Care

  • Subscribe Now
  • Give a Gift
  • Manage Subscription
  • Single Issues
  • Newsletters
  • Reprints & Plaques

More

  • Advertise with Us
  • Carry Down East in Your Shop
  • Down East Adventures
  • Down East Brand Studio
  • Down East Shop
  • Maine Events Calendar
  • Maine Retirement Directory
  • 207 Tix

Sign up for our extra Newsletter

Follow us

Copyright 2025 © Down East magazine

  • Travel & Outdoors
    • Our Towns
    • Land, Water & Wildlife
    • Down East Adventures
    • Browse Travel & Outdoors
  • Food & Drink
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Browse Food & Drink
  • Home & Garden
    • Maine-Made
    • Nominate Your Maine Home
    • Browse Home + Garden
  • Culture & History
    • Arts & Leisure
    • History
    • Issues & Politics
    • Maine Events
  • Magazine
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Subscribe
    • Gift a Subscription
    • Manage Subscription
    • Down East Merch
    • Sign up for Down East‘s Newsletters
  • Contests
    • 2025 Best of Maine Poll
    • The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt
    • 10th Annual Reader Photo Contest Winners
  • Advertise with Us
  • Manage my Subscription
  • Plaques & Reprints

Our Other Brands:

  • Down East Shop
  • Down East Adventures

Don’t Miss an Issue

Subscribe Here
Down East Magazine, June 2025
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
Portland Camden Bangor Rockland Bar Harbor
See all results