On any given afternoon, one of three sounds can be heard coming from Mitzi Pratt’s Aquinnah bookbinding studio: the dull squeak of a 19th century press, sheers clipping through paper, or the piercing bang of a weighty backing hammer.

Inside of a shipping container studio on Chappaquiddick, artist Zach Pinerio stands surrounded by shelves of bowl blanks.

The creation of wampum jewelry is a multi-layered process. For Jason Widdiss the labor begins at Menemsha Pond.

Making a piece of pottery is an arduous process. But that doesn’t slow Candy Shweder down.

Abe Pieciak’s latest work in progress sits on a table in the middle of his Aquinnah studio.