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Photos: Betsy Bowen printing up something new

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Betsy Bowen works in her studio.
Betsy Bowen works in her studio creating woodblock fish prints on her Vandercook proof press in September.
Derek Montgomery / MPR News

Betsy Bowen has illustrated more than a dozen books and carved hundreds of woodblocks for prints of birds and woodland creatures.

For her most recent book, "Plant a Pocket of Prairie," the Grand Marais artist says she tried something new this time around, layering woodcut prints of prairie grasses and adding free-hand painting. The book is a primer for prairie preservation written by Twin Cities author Phyllis Root.

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From ''Plant a Pocket of Prairie''
"Plant cup plants. A thirsty chickadee might come to drink from a tiny leaf pool."
Courtesy Betsy Bowen
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Betsy Bowen works in her studio.
Betsy Bowen works in her studio creating woodblock fish prints on her Vandercook proof press in September.
Derek Montgomery / MPR News
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Bowen applies ink to a red fish wood block.
Bowen applies ink to a red fish wood block.
Derek Montgomery / For MPR News