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Polly Perkins

@pollysstudio.bsky.social

Printmaker, artist, gardener and birdwatcher in the Hudson Valley of New York Website and shop: PollysStudio.Etsy.com

65 Followers  |  108 Following  |  68 Posts  |  Joined: 23.01.2025  |  1.8284

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'Cherry Moon' woodblock print: finished the edition just as we got our first snowstorm of the season, with full moon too. Magical night views!! #woodblockprint #wintertrees #moonlight #hudsonvalleyartist

06.12.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Started a new farm themed woodblock. #printmaking #woodblock

26.11.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This cutie has been visitingy yard. Hoping to adopt him, I started feeding him but he's skittish. #blueskycats #straycat

26.11.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Autumn inspired woodblock work in progress. #woodblock #fallcolors #hudsonvalleyartist

06.11.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'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

29.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steamroller printing with RollOut Beacon NY

19.10.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Fishkill Farm plein aire watercolor inspires a new woodblock...
#farmart #woodblock #landscapeprint

06.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

06.10.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

18.09.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

18.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

15.09.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Swallowtail on Joe Pye... So pretty!
#joepye #nativegarden #butterflygarden

24.08.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

24.08.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mini woodblock of a Dorset sheep, with impressive horns. By special request for a future wool festival in NY.
#sheep

31.07.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Following you back now.

09.07.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Hope you are well... ❀️❀️😎

09.07.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My sweet nuthatch is included in the Beacon Open Studio Group Show at Hudson Beach Glass Gallery.
#hudsonvalleyart #nuthatch #birdartist #woodblockprint #beaconny #pollysstudio

09.07.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great art weekend with Beacon Open Studios, including my woodblock prints and collages @TheYard.

29.06.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Printing a mini woodblock

25.06.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A new mini warbler woodblock print in the works... #pollysstudio #printsky #woodblockprint #warbler

10.06.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rolling out spring green #pollysstudio #woodblockprint #springgreen #green

04.06.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woodblock work in progress... Background color and birds in branches
#printsky #woodblockprints #hudsonvalleyartist

22.05.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

04.05.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing Mario at The Yard in Beacon NY. Inspiring model and good practice.
#livemodeldrawing #hudsonvalleyart #beaconny #figuredrawings #sketching #charcoaldrawings @openstudios_beacon

27.04.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

22.04.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out the subtle texture of MDF and its contrast with the woodgrain. Nuthatch woodblock work in progress.
#printsky #woodblock #mdf #nuthatch #workinprogress

12.04.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing outside at Stonecrop Gardens
#sketching #hudsonvalleygardens

03.04.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Started another version of this mini woodblock print, in summer and fall colors.
#skyprint #miniprint #printmaking

28.03.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

25.03.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For #printpromptmonday leafy prompt, "TreeHouse/Duplex", a collage constructed from several of my woodblock prints.
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24.03.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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