![]() ![]() ![]() She packs her creations in a “boatload of bubblewrap” and ships them out to customers. Labowitch then cleans the Etch A Sketch, seals the hole in the back and glues down the front knobs so no new lines can be created. “It’s a messy process, and it’s how I justify the cost that I ask for my work.” “It’s like a smoke … and nothing is sacred to that powder. “It involves a lot of shaking and a lot of banging on the Etch a Sketch to be as thorough as I can be,” Labowitch said. But the work is messy and Labowitch has to do it outside while wearing a mask. Cleaning out the excess powder ensures that even if the Etch A Sketch is shaken, the image on the front won’t change. Labowitch has to drill a hole in the back of the Etch a Sketch and remove the very fine aluminium powder from the inside. “If I would have done that then I wouldn’t have met you,” Labowitch explains.Ī post shared by □ Princess Etch □ finishing each piece, Labowitch has to preserve them - no easy task on an Etch a Sketch, which can be erased with the smallest of shakes. “Why here? Why didn’t you just look at a photo of it?” Others are more skeptical: “Are you - what? How did you do that?” some ask when they see her work. Many people end up telling Labowitch about how they grew up with Etch A Sketches (they’ve been around since 1960), and she loves to hear their stories. She’s even asked those who take photos of her and her work to contact her so she can share the pictures. If a person lingers, she’ll ask them if they have questions for her and encourages people to approach her. Passersby who see Labowitch working are sometimes timid and nervous about interrupting her, she said. She spent those hours on a bench before the real “Paris Street” – with some breaks to talk to curious strangers about her art. Labowitch’s latest big piece, a recreation of Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street Rainy Day,” took her about 12 hours spread out over nine trips to the Art Institute. I've finally completed my on-site Etch A Sketch rendition of Caillebotte's Paris Street Rainy Day at It took 12 hours over the course of 9 sittings ☔️□️ I will share a straight-on photo on Friday ❤️ /huDlJsGtwO- Princess Etch □ Etch A Sketch artist September 26, 2018 ![]()
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