About the Etch-A-Sketch

The following is taken from Michael Nevin's Pure Music website. Check out HIS etchAsketch gallery!

In the late 1950s, a Frenchman named Arthur Granjean invented the device he called L'Ecran Magique, or "The Magic Screen." The Ohio Art Company adopted the patent, developed the toy's now-classic shape and color, and renamed the magic screen "Etch A Sketch." Since the Etch A Sketch first went on the market in 1960, over 100 million children (and adults) in 67 countries have been drawn to its irresistible white knobs for endless hours of etching fun and meditative discovery.

The reverse side of the glass screen is coated with a mixture of aluminum powder and plastic beads. The left and right knobs control horizontal and vertical rods that move a stylus where the two meet. When the stylus slides through the powder, it scrapes the screen leaving the line you see. Shaking the device re-mixes the powder, thus clearing the screen.

The Etch A Sketch® name and configuration is a registered trademark of the Ohio Art Company. Their online store is here, and etch-a-sketch.com (with info, kid fun, and a sketch-art gallery) is here.

HEY I WANT ONE!

spongebob

also on my regular blog.. .

Einstein

This is on my regular blog

did this a few weeks ago

Spiderman!

This is by far my most favourite etchAsketch. I did this in second year, and I copied it from my spiderman pillow.

this is a CLASSIC etchAsketch. It's one of the very first ones i did way back in high school in Grade 12, where I realised that I was good at it. I remember I did this while a group of us were working on this video for the Canada First Robotics Competition, which apparentely no longer exists. i know what you're all thinking.. NERD ALERT!!! I know i know - hellloooo i'm making a blog about etchAsketches! that's probably the Nerdiest thing I have ever heard of!!

Lion King

I did this one in the car one time. I think we were coming back from kingston or somthing

P&CC

haha, k so i made this in third year. I was applying for a position at P&CC (Publishing and Copy Centre - on campus) for a graphic designer, so i brought this to my interview. I almost erased it by accident without taking a picture . It says "please hire me P&CC Felise". Anyways, i didn't get the graphic designer job b/c i didn't do as well in the graphic designer interview, but i DID get the regular job there! i think my etchAsketch made me stick out among the many other applicants ;)

relaxing on beach

hey cool! u can see me in the background! you can also see my filipino flag, and Timeposter. i did this in second or third year

ummm, do u notice anything wrong with this picture?

J+L

heheh this one is corny i know. I drew this back when J had yellow long curly hair, hehe

hula girl

did this in third year too. Melissa gave me a hula girl on a spring thing, that you stick on your dashboard or wherever.. this is what i copied it from

QHHA

This is the logo for Queen's Helping Hand Association, which i was a member of in first, second and third year, and probably will join again in fourth year. I did this one cuz i was bored or somethin

fireplace

did this in feb 2005 ish. sorta resembles the fireplace in our house

palm trees and beach

did this one during third year sometime. copied it from a calendar with island pictures and stuff