Once upon a time, before portable DVD players and the Nintendo DS, a 10-year-old boy was handed an Etch A Sketch to keep himself busy on a five-and-a-half-hour road trip from Cleveland to Washington, D.C.
Long after that trip , George Vlosich III is still producing highly intricate images on the Etch A Sketch. His detailed creations keep coming with each turn of the silver knobs. The red plastic box has become a vibrant frame for the artist's breahttaking creations. Young Vlosich stumbled upon a unique means of artistic expression that would one day land him on "Oprah" and have him sketching everyone from LeBron James to President Obama.
Many children outgrow a toy as their interests change, but Vlosich never abandoned the Etch A Sketch.
The Etch A Sketch is still a big part of his life. Dubbed the "Etch A Sketch King." Currently, his work can be seen at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Etch A Sketch through August 1.
The Etch A Sketch may be considered a toy, but when it gets in the hands of Vlosich, it becomes anything but child's play.
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