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Darbra Smith, Printmaker
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Relief printmaker on the Olympic Peninsula
Website: www.darbrasmith.com
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Darbra Smith, Printmaker @darbrasmith.com · Feb 10
Hi! Thought I'd show the face behind the leaf and the art. I'm Darby of Thimbleberry Studios. I'm a printmaker who also collages and paints. I'm enjoying this @bsky.app experience. It feels more community-focused than the Metaverse and not just because of the lack of ads. Thanks for the awesomeness.
Darby Smith in her art studio
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I'm taking a sabbatical, skipping all the bizzy things related to art making and just making the art. Website still up and running. Best wishes, Bluesky pals! See you in 2027!
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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No Kings #porttownsend @indivisiblept.bsky.social
Dog with sign "Dogs against Dictators" at No Kings rally Part of the crowd at the No Kings rally in Port Townsend Protestor with 2 signs: No Faux-King Way and Real Americans Don't Bow to Tyrants More protestors at the rally in Port Townsend. Two dressed as bananas with the sign "It's a slippery slope to a Banana Republic" and one as a gorilla with "Not my Silverback."
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Almost ready for the studio tour tomorrow. Last year I had so many lovely conversations with visitors, and I loved watching folks explore the garden. Looking forward to sharing this special place again. @rawartcollective.bsky.social

#ptartiststudiotour #printmaking #art
Photo of art studio Photo of flower garden with crocosmia and sea holly in the foreground and large evergreens in the back
August 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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When you open up your picnic-table umbrella after a week and accidentally dislodge a surprise tenant. In her own time she flew off, presumably for a darker, cozier spot.
A grumpy-looking bat on a wooden picnic table.
August 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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As I get ready for our upcoming Studio Tour, I'm looking through some older prints and reflecting on my printmaking practice. I made "Woods of the Lake" to work out how to create mist and a water reflection in a print.

#art #printmaking #nature #linocut #trees
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in the water
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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As I get ready for our upcoming Studio Tour, I'm looking through some older prints and reflecting on my printmaking practice. I made "Woods of the Lake" to work out how to create mist and a water reflection in a print.
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in water
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Grabbed my spitsticker and my scorper - engraving tools have the best names - and refined my bufflehead block. It printed up quite nicely on a variety of papers.

#art #printmaking #woodengraving #seabird #bufflehead
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Can't decide if the inside image should be a giant flower or something unrelated like an iPad. Funny how the mind must make connections, like "taking nature breaks from screens." The mind is a funny thing. And that, my friends, is your profound thought for the day. Now back to staring at my naval.
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hello friend. Happy to share the trail with you.

#coyote #pnw
Photo of a coyote on a trail looking back at the photographer
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Very happy with my first wood engraving ever. Plenty of room for improvement, but I love the fine lines you can achieve. Thanks to our fantastic teacher Angie Lewin, @edinburghprints.bsky.social , and all my wonderful classmates!

#printmaking #art #bird #bufflehead #engraving #woodenhravinh
A wood engraving of a male bufflehead swimming in the sea near a wooded land
June 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Had such a great time learning collagraphy from Jenny McCabe at Rheged in the Lake District. I love the painterly effect you get with the technique.

#printmaking #bird #frog #collagraphy #art
A collagraph print of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a branch A collagraph print of a Pacific Chorus Frog
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Happy to be participating again in our local artist studio tour. Come visit!
rawartcollective.bsky.social Raw Art Collective @rawartcollective.bsky.social · Jun 11
🎨✨ The 2025 PT Artist Studio Tour is ON! ✨🎨

🗓️ Explore the creative spaces of our incredible local artists this August 23 & 24, 10am-4pm. Meet artists, see where the magic happens, and support the arts in our community.

🗺️ Info + Map: rawartcollective.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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I wish I could join the protests today, but I'm in Scotland. I'm with you all in spirit.

#nokings #dumptrump #freedomofspeech #speakup #standup
booker.senate.gov Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Jun 14
In America, we have no kings.
June 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Where have these tea cakes been all my life? 🤤
A box of 6 Tunnock's tea cakes. A mural of a woman wearing a Tunnock's tea cakes brassiere while playing a guitar, and a personified Irn-Bru is hanging on her shoulder.
June 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Glasgow, you've got some mighty fine murals.
A mural on a 4-story building of a giant woman kneeling down with a magnifying glass in one hand and the other poised to pick up something "small." A mural of a giant squirrel looking at the viewer. A mural of two girls blowing bubbles.
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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strangford.co Strangford @strangford.co · May 5
Here’s the May prompts!

Remember to tag #printpromptmonday in your posts.

Like and share your favourite prints from other folks each week!
A graphic for print prompt Monday. The prompts are 5th Spring 12th Process 19th Text 26th Growth
May 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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This Hairy Woodpecker seems to appreciate the snag we made of a Doug Fir in our yard.

#woodpecker #pnw #olympicpeninsula #birds
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Possibly the sexiest Pacific Tree Frog I've ever encountered.

QRP something green.

#QRP #green #PacificTreeFrog #PacificChorusFrog #frog #amphibian #LoveAtFirstSight
A large Pacific Trees Frog with green leaves, white flowers, and eyes you can get lost in.
April 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Alder Gang is in the house. If you're interested in the prints or their accompanying greeting cards, go 👇🏼 www.thimbleberrystudios.com

#art #printmaking #printsky #linocut #birds #reductionlinocut
#HateMarketingButWatchaGonnaDo
Hanging on a tan wall are three framed linocuts of birds often seen together in Alder trees: a Black-capped Chickadee, a Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I thought I'd share one of my first woodcuts from 1990. I was a shade-loving plant even back then. It's my submission for this week's #portrait prompt with #printpromptmonday .

#printmaking #printsky #woodcut #reliefprint #art
A black-and-white woodcut self-portrait of the artist. Her hair is both hiding her and flowering.
April 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The latest member of "The Alder Gang" is printed and resting after a long nine-layer journey. What should I call this one? I had been thinking "Flame," but now I'm leaning towards "The Mohawk Kid." Suggestions?

#art #printmaking #linocut #printsky #birds #kinglet
A reduction linocut print of a Golden-crowned Kinglet perched on an Alder branch
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Penultimate layer down. Only a little black left to print, but first we carve. This is a bit nerve-wracking, so I keep reminding myself to breathe.

#art #WIP #printmaking #linocut #printsky #birds #reductionlinocut #printmakingprocess
A linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet with all of its colors (greens, grays, and yellows) printed. Only one left to go Linocut print lying on a table with its block and a gouge. Time to carve for the last layer of ink.
April 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Happy International Puffin day! 🎉❤️

#InternationalPuffinDay #art #linocut #printmaking #puffins #birds #printsky
Reduction linocut of two Tufted Puffins getting reacquainted with each other after a winter apart by tapping their bright orange bills together.
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This Black-capped Chickadee is finally done. It's a seven-layer reduction linocut that I've been slowly printing for months. He's calling out that we all best be alert because something is going on.

#printsky #printmaking #art #chickadee #birds #linocut
A linocut print of a male Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch and calling out a warning. It's printed in grays, black, greens, and ochre.
April 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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It feels like I've been printing this little one forever. Six layers down, two to go.

#printmaking #printsky #linocut #wip #printmakingprocess #birds #reductionlinocut #art
A reduction linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet on an Alder branch with bright green spring leaves.
April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM