Firkins explored the art of dry point shortly after teaching himself to draw. Printmaking may be purely a studio art to many artists, but it wasn’t to Firkins. As with the bulk of his work, he created the plates for his etchings on the spot. He took his simple etching tools into diners (hence the title "Eat") and other locations he had haunted when teaching himself to draw. There he sketched directly from life on copper plates with a diamond point stylus. These plates were used to make the prints in this show during a few sessions in 1989, when he had access to an intaglio press.