What is Etch and Sketch®?
Etch and Sketch® is a closed drawing system that allows people to create art without the need for any other supplies such as paper, pencils, crayons, colors, pastels or pens and without the need for preparation or cleaning. The system grew from the idea that French electrician André Cassagnes was to draw with aluminum powder, which was moved by static electricity and then could be shaken without a drawing surface to create a new picture.
The name of his invention "Ecran Magique", which means "Magic Screen", introduced it at the exhibition International Toy in 1959. Introduction to Jerry Burger - then the chief engineer for the art company Ohio - led to cooperation, which was still in the heart of Etch and Sketch®. Etch and Sketch®, as it is made, looks a bit like a TV: it has a gray rectangular screen rounded corners set in a red plastic frame. In the lower left corner is a dial and oneon the right down. You start the sketch of the sketch by shaking vigorously on the box. As a result, the aluminum powder holds them on the screen due to static electricity.
Turn one of the codebooks to start moving the stylus inside through the screen, remove the powder and appear a little dark gray line and reveal the location of the stylus. One dial controls the stylus up or down, while the other moves to the left or right. Careful settings of the dials either individually or in the tandem can create drawings of remarkable complexity. The image can be saved or - by turning and shaking the tilting of the sketch® to restore the screen with the powder - erased.
Today, ETCH and Sketch® toys are available in different sizes, including mini, pocket size, travel and original size called Classic. , which has a 5 -inch screen (12.7 cm and 17.8 cm.
Etch and Sketch® Artists such as George Vlosich III who specialHe alizes on portraits, remove aluminum powder and assemble in the toy stylus to preserve his works of art. It may take 70 to 80 hours to complete the drawing. Other artists Etch and Sketch® include Kevin E. Davis, who follows famous works of art, as well as architecture and Tim George, who started using a toy to entertain their daughter at the time it was hospitalized, as was Jeff Gagliardi, Ron Morse, Nicole Falzone and Pauline Graziano.