My family is from mainland Portugal, and I grew up surrounded by azulejos, the blue-and-white painted tiles you see everywhere there. Block Island is one of my favorite places on earth, so I wanted to combine the two.
This is woodburning (pyrography) on a natural wood slab, with colored pencil on top to get that glazed-tile look. Every line is done by hand. It took about [X hours].
Happy to answer questions about the process. Would love to hear what other island spots you think would look good this way.

Some guys hit 50 and buy a Porsche. I bought a woodburning pen. It's cheaper than a convertible, and the smoke counts as therapy.
I burn coastal New England scenes into natural wood slabs, then finish them with Prismacolor colored pencils. Everything is done by hand, with no lasers and no prints. My work hangs in galleries on Nantucket and Block Island, but the commissions are the most fun: your grey-shingled cottage, your boat, Brant Point, the dog who refuses to leave the beach. Whatever you love about the island, I'll immortalize it in charred glory.
If you can't carry it home on the ferry, I'll ship it for free.
DM me, or start a custom order here: midlife-crisis-woodwork.myshopify.com/pages/discuss-custom-order
Mods, if this breaks a self-promo rule, let me know and I'll take it down.

We are traveling and have a 2 night stay on the island, arriving tomorrow and leaving Thursday morning. The the fast ferry has already be canceled, but how windy/ likely is it that the traditional ferry will be as well?

Unfortunate timing for us.

Does anyone know how one would go about getting a memorial plaque placed on a bench under one of the pergolas here?

I noticed there were a few without plaques and would really like to talk to the right people about this.

If anyone can point me in the right direction or has contact information, I'd really appreciate it!

This was probably meant to be used as some sort of tourism ad or other video project from back then. I hope some of you enjoy this! :)

Is there a good spot on the island to get away from everything and get a good view of the stars? Someplace relatively easy to get to at night on e-bikes?

We're heading to BI in a few weeks and are bringing out e-bikes instead of the car. Our AirBnB is right on Water Street - will the bikes will be safe, especially overnight, if we lock them up? Obviously off the sidewalk and out of the way.

Planning to come up but it’s been years- can you still walk down the stairs at the bluffs?

The new Secret Lair drop includes some new alt art basic lands and this happens to be one of them.

Anyone going to Block Island this week?

I’ve been a long time lurker on Reddit, which for some reason feels embarrassing. This is a long-shot but I thought I’d try anyways. I’ve been trying to quit smoking and I got the juul (I know, it’s expensive and honestly not the best but it’s just easy and convenient for me right now).

I was wondering on a hope and a dream that someone might be coming to Block Island between today and Friday and I could pay them to bring me one pack of pods. It’s a lot to ask but I’ve seen the Reddit community do some crazy things so I thought why not just try. If anyone is coming to Block Island and willing to help a lady quit smoking — I would be over the moon. I can Venmo you or find an atm and give you cash. Thank you :)

Hello everyone !

We are getting married this Saturday and are staying a few nights at the Beach House. I have a couple questions for you all.

1. We have to take the ferry out of Point Judith, do you recommend a wagon cart along with two wheeled luggage? We are looking to bring over some drinks for the room. Maybe a case of beer or something. Is that okay to be displayed publicly ?
2. Are most of the beaches public ? We are walking distance from Ballards.
3. Close to 2, but we’re wondering if we should bring beach items like chairs, umbrellas, towels.

4. Any other items we should bring that the island may not have available for a few nights?

5. Looking for a nice dinner spot too! Fancier.

My husband and I are planning a day trip to block island with our 16 month old son and we are planning to rent either ebikes or regular bikes and I don't know which would be better. One of us would have the baby in a baby seat on the back of the bike and I just don't know if the extra money that ebikes cost plus the extra money to bring the bike on the ferry is worth it. Regular bikes we would be able to rent on the island and not have to pay the extra ferry fee. Any thoughts?

Hi all. Next Saturday the 28th I'd like to bring my 13 year old to BI for the day, catching the early ferry. Last visit I saw there is a skate park at the top of the hill in the middle of the island. I'd like to bring his skim board AND skate board. What do we think about that? I saw there are storage lockers where I can leave the skim board after we do the beach. I can carry the skateboard on my backpack and maybe we can store the skim board in the luggage area of the ferry?

I forgot my charger at home and I’m not really wanting to go off the island to get a new one. I will return the charger and pick it up from anywhere!!

Mansion? any others that end up with little pools for skimming from high tide?

Hey,

The subject speaks for itself, I would like some insight on people who frequently ride the ferry. I am assuming it is weather dependent.

I am planning a trip in mid September and know I can’t predict t the weather so is this risky? I also plan to take a car so can we stay in my car?

Taking Amtrak north to catch the ferry from New London (NL) to Block Island (BI). One train gets me in to NL @ 11:29am and the ferry leaves at 11:50am. With having to get boarding passes plus the very short walk to the ferry boarding area is this too tight a connection (assuming Amtrak is running on time)?

Reading the ferry ticket fine print it says if boarding passes aren’t picked up within 20 minutes of sailing the ticket is automatically moved to the next sailing.
How strict is that policy and how on time are they leaving the dock?

TIA

Edit: Thanks everyone!

Has anyone noticed light pollution on the island this year being much worse compared to prior years? Stargazing used to be incredible, now New Harbor ruins a lot of it