Wooden Octopus

Wooden Octopus We're a working art studio and are now open limited hours or by appointment. Fine Art, Fine Things

On the worktable: fresh 🐙 prints, with a touch of color!
06/07/2026

On the worktable: fresh 🐙 prints, with a touch of color!

05/30/2026

😍 Our favorite jellies are back - low maintenance, high fun!

05/28/2026

🫣 - new painting by in the works on the easel here 🐙 Come by & check it out - we’re open for the weekend!

📣 We’re open 11-2 today for 🇺🇸Stop by & say hi to if you’re in town!
05/25/2026

📣 We’re open 11-2 today for 🇺🇸
Stop by & say hi to if you’re in town!

👻 One of the strangest turns in our old house renovation tale involved Margaret and this crab. 🦀 She worked on the coppe...
05/23/2026

👻 One of the strangest turns in our old house renovation tale involved Margaret and this crab. 🦀

She worked on the copper blue crab all day. But then it disappeared. We turned the studio inside out looking for it and pulled the security camera footage. No crab.

The next morning a woman came in as soon as we opened. She was a bit shy at first, but then proceeds to tell us that she is from central PA, but has been vacationing down here for the week, and she is a medium.

She said she was out meditating on the beach a few days earlier when a pattern came to her. She drew it in the sand and showed her daughter, but they didn’t know what it meant.

Then she went on a ghost tour in Berlin, saw our sign, recognized our logo as the design she drew, and knew she had to ”visit the space.” She claimed she felt a presence as soon as she walked it and identified it as a friendly one - a mother in a rocking chair in the front corner of the gallery space, holding a child on her lap.

She told us the mother was happy with the work we’ve been doing, but warned that the child is mischievous and may pull pranks. We thanked her and said we’re fine with that - happy, cheeky spirits are always welcome. She asked for a business card with our logo on it and left soon after, leaving us staring at the corner (pic 2).

Once she left we encouraged Peggy to stand in the corner and politely ask for her crab back. She wandered over and did so: “May I please have my copper crab back? Thanks ever so much!” (pic 3).

The wait began … and not even 20 minutes later, the crab resurfaced. One of us walked behind the counter and the light bounced off something shiny near the floor. It was a sliver of copper showing through the back of a junk frame we had set aside for signage. The crab was sandwiched between the paper showing through the glass & the backing, which wasn’t an easy place for it to have ended up by accident.

So the crab was recovered (pic 1) and from then on, whenever we can’t find something, we follow Peggy’s lead and head to the corner and ask ever so nicely.

We’ll be celebrating her birthday tomorrow, Sat., May 23 - come by share your favorite Peggy story with us!

We’ve been searching for years but we’ve never found one; until today! Thanks and for creating such fun projects! 👀Kee...
05/22/2026

We’ve been searching for years but we’ve never found one; until today! Thanks and for creating such fun projects!

👀Keep your eyes peeled when exploring our downtown. You might just stumble upon a unique piece of art hidden in plain sight.

🗓️ We started Wooden Octopus a decade ago as a place where we could gather as a family, make things, and share our work....
05/17/2026

🗓️ We started Wooden Octopus a decade ago as a place where we could gather as a family, make things, and share our work.

🐙 Our 8 arms were busy creating each weekend, with the main goal of spending time together and having fun. Margaret was the heart of it and loved the opportunity to continue working as an artist in her retirement. Always a teacher, she kept us on our toes with her critiques and we strived to be awarded one of her rare “gold stars.”🌟 And she was always thrilled to see one of her former students walk into the gallery.

❤️‍🩹 Losing her last year left a huge hole here, but her artwork and spirit live on. This coming Saturday, May 23, would have been her 84th birthday, so we’re going to be celebrating here, exhibiting her work and swapping stories. If you’re in town, please drop by and give us the gift of sharing your favorite Peggy tale - we’ll be sharing a few of our own this week 🥰

🐙 of new things coming… ☀️ Open for the weekend! Thurs & Fri 12-5Sat 11-5Sun 12-3
04/30/2026

🐙 of new things coming…
☀️ Open for the weekend!
Thurs & Fri 12-5
Sat 11-5
Sun 12-3

04/26/2026

🐇🌷Keeping thoughts today. April showers, and all that… 🌨️ 😅

04/23/2026

Same old design. All new materials. If you see our sign on the corner chances are we are open! (Or we forgot to bring it in when we closed. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen. 😬) Open today and tomorrow 12-5, Saturday 11-5 and Sunday 12-3. Stop by and have a gander at what we’re working on.

Address

8 Jefferson Street
Berlin, MD
21811

Opening Hours

Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 3pm

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+13022454560

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