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Feeling very microchip

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

My dad got an extra sketch for Christmas a few years ago so I decided to draw a Christmas candle.

I want to know the fabrication date, but i cant find any info online