James “Bruce” Meek, author of The Art of Engraving (#002-164), was working on his second book The Engraver and His Designs when he passed away many years ago. Bruce had already made several engraved illustrations for this second book in the same manner he used for his first book: by engraving a black acrylic sheet painted with white lacquer.

Bruce entrusted several of his handmade illustrations to Don A. Glaser. One of the most charming was intended for the dust cover of this second book … a bushy-tailed squirrel sitting in an oak tree. Hence the “Meek Squirrel” is named after its artistic creator, and is not an attempt to describe the furry animal’s personality.

Since Mr. Meek designed this image to help train future engravers, GRS wants to help make that happen. So this image is available to all engravers free on our website. If you would like to try engraving it yourself, a stainless steel key fob is available with the outline applied.

Download these files for personal study.

Click the link below to load the image in this window. Right-click and choose "Save as..." or "Save image as..." to save this image or file.

Meek's Squirrel, JPG : 900 KB (0.9 MB), 300 DPI, 4 " x 5 " approx.

Reverse: Meek's Squirrel, JPG: 900 KB, 300 DPI, 4" x 5 " approx.

Meek's Squirrel, EPS Vector : 532 KB, 8.5" x 11 " approx.

The Story, PDF: 1.7 MB, 300 DPI, 11" x 8.5 " (Letter, Landscape).

You may also download all of these files as one Zipped file.
All Files, ZIP: 2.4 MB, Zipped Archive.

The Meek Squirrel Kit

This kit includes one Stainless Steel Key Fob
Style 2 (#003-301) with a lasered outline of
Meek’s squirrel, a print of the story, and a
large-scale image for study.

#030-609

 $9.80