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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · 2d

'Farm Contours' woodblock edition finished...
I really enjoyed working on this relatively simple small multi-block print, after a couple years of reduction prints and some really large woodblocks that strained my small studio space.
#woodblockprint #hudsonvalleyartist #printmakingprocess

Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · 12d

Steamroller printing with RollOut Beacon NY

Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · 25d

My Fishkill Farm plein aire watercolor inspires a new woodblock...
#farmart #woodblock #landscapeprint

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · 25d

Printing the second block this lovely Sunday morning... The rough grainy wood is a knotty pine plank, from a 1950s summer house that once stood by the beach in Ocean City NJ.
#woodblockprint #printmakingprocess #printmakersofinstagram #knottypine #woods #fallentree #woodgrain

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Sep 18

Proofing my big woodblock for RollOut Beacon, which willbe printed with steamroller Oct18. For this first inkibg I'm using teabag paper, inexpensive and strong, yet thin enough to easily print by hand with a baren.
#woodblock #printmaking #BeaconNY

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thank you!

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Sep 15

Finished carving my woodblock for RollOut Beacon, a steamroller event October 17 @TheYard in Beacon NY Ready to ink up and proof! #woodblockprint #printmaking #HudsonValleyNY

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Aug 24

Swallowtail on Joe Pye... So pretty!
#joepye #nativegarden #butterflygarden

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Aug 24

Plein air painting @FishkillFarms recently. Love the new Windsor Newton tube watercolors I got for the event; so intense and fun to use!
#watercolor #pleinair #hudsonvalleyartists

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jul 31

Mini woodblock of a Dorset sheep, with impressive horns. By special request for a future wool festival in NY.
#sheep

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks! Following you back now.

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks! Hope you are well... ❤️❤️😎

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jul 9

My sweet nuthatch is included in the Beacon Open Studio Group Show at Hudson Beach Glass Gallery.
#hudsonvalleyart #nuthatch #birdartist #woodblockprint #beaconny #pollysstudio

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jun 29

A great art weekend with Beacon Open Studios, including my woodblock prints and collages @TheYard.

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jun 25

Printing a mini woodblock

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jun 10

A new mini warbler woodblock print in the works... #pollysstudio #printsky #woodblockprint #warbler

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Jun 4

Rolling out spring green #pollysstudio #woodblockprint #springgreen #green

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · May 22

Woodblock work in progress... Background color and birds in branches
#printsky #woodblockprints #hudsonvalleyartist

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · May 4

Lute concert at Beacon Music Factory, with Richard Kolb. Love these small venues where I can sit close and sketch. Also best way to hear this lovely music.
#lutes #Baroque #BeaconNY

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Apr 27

Drawing Mario at The Yard in Beacon NY. Inspiring model and good practice.
#livemodeldrawing #hudsonvalleyart #beaconny #figuredrawings #sketching #charcoaldrawings @openstudios_beacon

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Apr 22

Little nuthatch reduction woodblock gets her final black cap. I'm glad it's finished, because now springtime colors are calling me...
#printsky #hudsonvalleyart #woodblockprints #nuthatch

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Apr 12

Check out the subtle texture of MDF and its contrast with the woodgrain. Nuthatch woodblock work in progress.
#printsky #woodblock #mdf #nuthatch #workinprogress

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Apr 3

Drawing outside at Stonecrop Gardens
#sketching #hudsonvalleygardens

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Mar 28

Started another version of this mini woodblock print, in summer and fall colors.
#skyprint #miniprint #printmaking

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Polly Perkins @pollysstudio.bsky.social · Mar 25

Managing large scale prints in a small studio! BigInk woodblock ink is dry, so I'm signing and trimming margins on edition of 3.
#printsky #bigink #artistslife #printmaking

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