It’s sublimely daunting, refreshing, gut wrenching , mildly terrifying, joyous, carnival streamer-throwing wheeeeeee, as I douse and drench myself in this pursuit to etch once again, and look at the materials I have to start up quickly again!

I am going down to look at and photograph okd plates and look at my red metal okd still shiny rectangular box with etching materials inside! i need to get started as I do everytging from updating my okd resume, write my Artistic Statement, get things organized in chronological order, photograph my art, etc. It's a whole lot and I am daily / nightly chipping away at it all, being careful, thoughtful, steady, serious for the most part, childish and carefree for the other - paying close attention to what makes me me and not you - no offence! Anthony Alan Quinn , Saturday with sleet happening outside now on this 11:20am morning January 17,2026! JOY! oh boy!

burin on copper plate

the reverse side

my tools to etch in my took box

my zinc plates , i etched front and back of plates to be economical and because I was inspired and lots of ideas to etch and little time!

child sleeping in bed, taken from a drawing I made

my etching tools close up

i used a pecil wax red color to draw broadly on the surface to make this etching to print from, i like these less concrete lines etched so I have more discretion when making my prints.

mire to come! sante a tous et merci pour tous aussi! I etched at the Atelier 17 and also later with Joelle Serve at her Atelier 63 as her assistant teaching when she was not in the atelier! me in front of Atelier 17 Mansour Ibrahim in front of Atelier 17 and Cristina Piceda coming out of Atelier 17 we were good buddies , des amis vraiment!

the bjg poster fir Joelle Serve and her Atelier 63