Mac Young wears several hats for the current production of Much Ado About Nothing, including a literal straw one to ward off the sun during long rehearsal days outdoors.

Alison Shaw stands in the fog beneath the Oak Bluffs fishing pier. Her camera is positioned on a tripod as she looks through the lens at the early morning waves meeting the shoreline.

Anthony Holand wields a hammer in his Vineyard Haven studio as he works on a commemorative weathervane for the 50th anniversary of the filming of Jaws. The sound of copper clanging rings out as he repeatedly brings the hammer down on a chisel, slowly moving down the shape of a shark.

The words are on the page, but for Jennifer Joanou that is just the first step. In fact, by the time her creative process is done the words may no longer be visible.

On Tuesday, Island painter and Rhode Island School of Design student Jack Yuen set up an 18-by-24 inch canvas on the deck of Bad Martha’s Brewery in Edgartown.

In a cloud of smoke and shower of blue sparks, Island sculptor Jay Lagemann blasts the stainless steel braids of his newest humanoid creation with a blowtorch registering over 3,000 degrees.