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Yesterday I took on the gargantuan task of photographing and organizing the bulk of my Etch A Sketch collection!

I have over 500 photos to edit and organize - a task I sincerely look forward to. Fun fact! Before pursuing a career as a full-time Etch A Sketch artist, I worked as a photo retoucher for 3 years!

Some fun statistics about what's in the bins:

1. These bins contain 269 Etch A Sketch-related products! Of those 269,

2. 53 are repeats (you can thank bin 9 for containing most of my extras, which I use as canvases for my art)

3. 180 are unique variants, which included packaging variants from different eras, and products New In Packaging (NIP) but not loose if I had them NIP

4. 32 products are Etch A Sketch-related, but are not Etch A Sketch toys that you use by turning knobs. For example, I have Etch A Sketch napkins and an Etch A Sketch pool float, as well as the Etch A Sketch Freestyle (post-2016) that uses Boogie Board technology to draw on a screen that is meant to loosely resemble an Etch A Sketch.

These bins only contain a fraction of my entire Etch A Sketch collection. What is not pictured is another entire shelving unit that contains hundreds of Pocket (small) and Classic (Large) Etch A Sketch canvases that I use for commissions, workshops, live events, and more. The number of Pocket Etch A Sketches can fluctuate frequently for this reason. I also generally have around 50 Etch A Sketches in my office at any given time.

I recently reconfigured my office to accommodate a shelving unit which will allow me to properly display some of these beauties. I've spent the last 20+ years working on this collection, and it would be a real shame to banish them to the bins forever. So my plan is to treat my office shelving as rotating seasonal displays to give many variants an opportunity to shine while not over-cluttering the shelves.

Thanks as always for your support of my foolhardy endeavor to amass a small museum worth of Etch A Sketch history!

Yesterday I took on the gargantuan task of photographing and organizing the bulk of my Etch A Sketch collection!

I have over 500 photos to edit and organize - a task I sincerely look forward to. Fun fact! Before pursuing a career as a full-time Etch A Sketch artist, I worked as a photo retoucher for 3 years!

Some fun statistics about what's in the bins:

1. These bins contain 269 Etch A Sketch-related products! Of those 269,
2. 53 are repeats (you can thank bin 9 for containing most of my extras, which I use as canvases for my art)
3. 180 are unique variants, which included packaging variants from different eras, and products New In Packaging (NIP) but not loose if I had them NIP
4. 32 products are Etch A Sketch-related, but are not Etch A Sketch toys that you use by turning knobs. For example, I have Etch A Sketch napkins and an Etch A Sketch pool float, as well as the Etch A Sketch Freestyle (post-2016) that uses Boogie Board technology to draw on a screen that is meant to loosely resemble an Etch A Sketch.

These bins only contain a fraction of my entire Etch A Sketch collection. What is not pictured is another entire shelving unit that contains hundreds of Pocket (small) and Classic (Large) Etch A Sketch canvases that I use for commissions, workshops, live events, and more. The number of Pocket Etch A Sketches can fluctuate frequently for this reason. I also generally have around 50 Etch A Sketches in my office at any given time.

I recently reconfigured my office to accommodate a shelving unit which will allow me to properly display some of these beauties. I've spent the last 20+ years working on this collection, and it would be a real shame to banish them to the bins forever. So my plan is to treat my office shelving as rotating seasonal displays to give many variants an opportunity to shine while not over-cluttering the shelves.

Thanks as always for your support of my foolhardy endeavor to amass a small museum worth of Etch A Sketch history!

When I'm not busy creating Etch A Sketch art or sharing my collection here, I'm often teaching Etch A Sketch drawing workshops at libraries! The bulk of my workshops are local, so I created this solution for those who are unable to attend.

https://princessetch.etsy.com/listing/1196749164

The pun was right there! I had no choice your honor!

Many thanks to Paul for shipping this to me. I shared an international Etch A Sketch collection video a while back and received many thoughtful messages and comments pointing me to additional variants I don't yet own. The reasons I am not actively hunting for international variants at this time is twofold: 1. Shipping to the US is expensive, and 2. Tariffs

So the fact that Paul footed the bill is super rad! Thanks again Paul!

You can check out the International Etch A Sketch collection video here. If you'd like to support my ongoing quest to collect these glorious hunks of plastic, the best way you can currently do so is by checking out my website which links to All The Things (including my web shop). Follow for more Etch A Sketch what-have-you!

The way Lovely Lady Soldier Wasabi had an absolute chokehold on me in 2009

Happy Star Wars Day! This felt like the perfect day to pontificate about this curious Etch A Sketch variant.

How dare you

Announcing a mini library tour with the Baltimore County Public Library system! I'm so excited to be zipping all over this region to teach the basics of Etch A Sketch and create fun drawings for guests. All events are free and all ages so if you're local to the Baltimore area it'd be amazing to meet you :)

Can't make it but want to meet me at your local library? Feel free to reach out if you'd like me to send you a postcard that you can pass along to your local librarian! I'll be heading to Michigan and Chicago next, so stay tuned for more info on that. Hope to see you there!