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Middle Dune
@middledune.bsky.social
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Handmade paper goods & printmaking
Inspired by folklore & the natural world
Cape Cod, MA
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Middle Dune @middledune.bsky.social · Feb 26
Hey, I’m Sylvia, a printmaker and small biz owner living on Cape Cod. I mostly work in silkscreen, letterpress, and block printing and draw my inspiration from folklore and the natural world. You can find me living my best swamp witch life: walking in the woods and trying all hobbit-like crafts.
Portrait of the artist, a white female with red hair wearing a beanie, at sunset with water behind her. Silkscreen printed coil notebook with a sawtooth quilt inspired pattern on the cover in yellow and orange. Four parallel stripes of washi tape including tulips with stars, quilt square patterns, a vine with berries, and black and white checkers with drawings. A black and white block print of a toad sitting under a mushroom surrounded by dandelion plants.
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Just put a preorder for this shirt up on my site. Hand screen printed on both sides 🖤 20% of profits will go to the ACLU.

www.middledune.com/shop/zcd8wmi...
Front and back of black tee shirt with a white graphic that reads “no more tyrants” and has a skull with a crown buried under a tree. An axe sits in a stump nearby. Background of image is a photographic castle stonework. White graphic on a black background that reads “no more tyrants” in calligraphy. A skull with a crown is buried under a small tree, surrounded by worms and a rabbit den. An axe sits in a stump nearby.
June 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
middledune.bsky.social
Hear me out, instead of #sponcon we start #spawncon and it’s just pictures of all the salamander and frog eggs/babies you find
April 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Fabric?! I’ve been sewing garments steadily for five years now and have gotten to the point where I want to design my own fabric. I figured I might as well make it available to you too so stay tuned! Here are a few colorways I’m pondering for an oak inspired pattern. #fabric #surfacedesign #sewing
Silhouette pattern of oak branches and acorns with bugs and snails in black on a green background. Silhouette pattern of oak branches and acorns with bugs and snails in pink on a red background. Silhouette pattern of oak branches and acorns with bugs and snails in ochre on a black background. Silhouette pattern of oak branches and acorns with bugs and snails in light blue on a blue background.
March 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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It’s that time again! For #printpromptmonday this week the theme is “flipped” and I’m adding this two color screen printed notebook I made while first playing around with symmetry in my designs last year.
A coil bound notebook in off white with folk art designs of stars, fish, birds, and tulips in bright red and green
March 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
middledune.bsky.social
Hey, I’m Sylvia, a printmaker and small biz owner living on Cape Cod. I mostly work in silkscreen, letterpress, and block printing and draw my inspiration from folklore and the natural world. You can find me living my best swamp witch life: walking in the woods and trying all hobbit-like crafts.
Portrait of the artist, a white female with red hair wearing a beanie, at sunset with water behind her. Silkscreen printed coil notebook with a sawtooth quilt inspired pattern on the cover in yellow and orange. Four parallel stripes of washi tape including tulips with stars, quilt square patterns, a vine with berries, and black and white checkers with drawings. A black and white block print of a toad sitting under a mushroom surrounded by dandelion plants.
February 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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rkwanderings.bsky.social
I'm late in all senses to the #printpromptmonday party - I was in A&E yesterday so...! What a marvellous idea @gemmatrickey.bsky.social & @strangford.bsky.social & ?who I can't remember... Sorry.
A lino print for "In Motion" prompt: I became a fox (you became an owl)". Should I reprint it?
A6 orange & blue lino print of a running fox & flying owl
February 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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It’s #printpromptmonday and the theme this week is “in motion.” A two color block print using the pink speedy carve stuff. She’s based on the Selkie mythology and was carved this summer after watching a seal in the harbor 🦭
Block print in blue green and yellow of a woman diving into the ocean and turning into a seal as she hits the water. Lighthouse and night sky in the background.
February 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Printing these moody bandanas for my upcoming market in Salem in April @fiberwitchfestival.bsky.social. I can’t wait for this year’s theme, Persephone’s Coronation 🖤
Maroon bandana with crows, florals, and a pomegranate in black.
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Mess in the print shop today. Printing blues, literally and figuratively. #letterpress #printmaking #printmaker #studio #printshop
Messy table with letterpress tools and greeting cards Ink knife and blue ink on a glass table top Platen style letterpress from the top down with blue ink and greeting cards piled on the table
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Just squeaked under the wire for #printpromptmonday. The theme this week is #intothewild which feels perfect because moving back to my hometown and reacquainting myself with the nature here is what made me take up more printmaking outside of my production printing.
Block print in black on warm white paper of a standing weasel surrounded by flowers and leaves
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Hi artist friends, QRP with your artwork and share what other passions/jobs/hobbies you have?
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My hobbies are sewing clothes, knitting, and painting furniture. I also require nature walks to survive and am a member of my town’s Conservation Commission! What about you?
A person in a brown dress hold up a yellow bandana with black crows, flowers, and a pomegranate. Behind the person is a wooden porch and greenery.
February 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The best seller from my most recent release of new goodies. Inspired by Redwall, Watership Down, etc. What intrepid critter should I draw next?
Pile of green stickers with a cartoon of a light brown rabbit holding up a sword with a yellow starburst behind it. Text reads “small but mighty.” Green sticker with a cartoon of a light brown rabbit holding up a sword with a yellow starburst behind it. Text reads “small but mighty.”
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Sketch of the next block print bouncing around in my head #coyote #blockprint #printmaking #procreate #sketch
Black and green silouhette style illustration of a coyote and gnarled tree with frame around them.
February 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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el-ronan.bsky.social
Started on the second bird. I’m intending to do three, that I’ll string together in a banner.
February 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Not my usual content but so excited I finished my Flower Power sweater that I want to share. My first knit sweater!
#knitting #flowerpowerpullover
Hand knit blue sweater with white flowers on the front and sleeves laid flat on a white and grey blanket. Detail of hand knit blue sweater with white flowers on the front and sleeves laid flat on a white and grey blanket.
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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strangemeadowsart.bsky.social
A throwback edition of Snake & Poppies for the Lunar New Year ✨️🐍

#linocut #art #Printmaking #yearofthesnake
Photo of a linocut print of a red Snake surrounded by black Poppies on natural paper. The print is sitting on a dark red and blue Turkish rug
January 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Another time lapse print adventure. This time setting up a job on my letterpress - checking registration and ink level before I print.
#letterpress #letterpressprinting #printmaking #printmaker
January 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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beastieandbone.bsky.social
Nobody is safe under the rule of self-serving leaders. Your value only extends as far and as long as your ability to make those leaders more powerful and more wealthy.

Persist in doing good and envisioning better. Persist in caring for and about your communities. Persist.
January 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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ashbeadle.bsky.social
Hey all! I’m Ashlee, a queer illustrator and printmaker based in Massachusetts

I’m a triple Pisces who made fish my brand, but also love fantasy and historical/mythological women

Currently falling back in love with art

Shop: sadfishclub.com
IGs: Instagram.com/ashbeadle
Instagram.com/sadfishclub
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
middledune.bsky.social
High speed carving of my Mandrake buddy 🌱
#linoprint #linocut #blockprint #printmaking #mandrake #mythology #folklore
January 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
middledune.bsky.social
Can someone tell me why tinned fish are so hot right now? I mean, they taste delicious, have the best packaging and are fun to draw but is there some other reason I’m missing?
#screenprint #silkscreen #sardine
A blue notepad with silver tinned sardines printed on the cover resting on a pile of loose covers with the same sardine print.
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Lino print from the fall and then the “affordable art” version I just made ~ tiny toad stickers
January 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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vladhat.bsky.social
New influx means it's time to reshare the starter pack. Are you looking for printmakers? Well, buddy, lemme tell you.

#art #printmaking #linocut #woodcutting #etching #artists

go.bsky.app/S68N5qE
January 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Sketched a new book cover last night ~ here’s the inspo (beetle ornament), the references (always collecting books), and the digital sketch.
January 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM