Busker Etcher  

Fun and prints at Seattle's Pike Place Market  

I am making up a game to play along with another printmaker named Ethan Lind. We call the game, or project, "Busker Etcher," a name that derives from Ethan's drawings of bluegrass musicians and other artists who sometimes play for the public on the streets of Seattle and at the Pike Place Market. We started out with a rule that I would loan him a Mini Etching Press if he would get a spot in the Pike Place Market and use the press to print, live, at his place in the crafts and art walkway.

It was not long before Ethan sold a print, and on that day, March 7, 2014, I took the snapshot, above, of Ethan holding a freshly-printed intaglio print of a woman with a guitar, and the famous Pike Place Center sign and clock in the background.

Ethan can also sell the press, of course. If anyone reading this is interested in knowing more, or who also wants to "play this game" and be part of it, let me know! - B