This annual engraving program brings the finest artists in the field together for a twelve-day event featuring exciting discussions, informative demonstrations, and powerful insight into this once secretive trade.
// November 30th, 2011 // Comments Off // News & Announcements
The 2012 Grand Masters Program application is available for download. Please note that, although students may apply for both courses separately, a student may attend only one course as they are concurrent. Questions about applying? Please read Rules, Requirements, and Fees first. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Download the 2012 Grand Masters application in PDF format.
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
Read more about the two exciting Grand Masters courses that will take place in Emporia, Kansas, in July and August 2012.
» Full Gold Inlaid Background & Low Relief Engraving with Alain Lovenberg
» Innovative Techniques for World Class Stone Setting with Alexander Sidorov
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Hear from students of the 2010 Grand Masters Program that took place in August at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas. Featuring interview clips with hand engravers Robert Evans and Joseph Seeley. Apply now for 2012!
Also available in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
Hear from students of the 2010 Grand Masters Program that took place in August at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas. Featuring interview clips with hand engravers Robert Strosin and Andrew Biggs. Apply now for 2012!
Also available in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
Hear from students of the 2010 Grand Masters Program that took place in August at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas. Featuring interview clips with hand engravers Tim Halloran and Rick Simmons. Apply now for 2012!
Also available in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
Hear from students of the 2010 Grand Masters Program that took place in August at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas. Featuring interview clips with hand engravers Dennis Dunaway and Dennis McConnell. Apply now for 2012!
Also available in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
D.J. Glaser is president of Glendo Corporation, the maker of GRS Tools.
D.J. Glaser: “First, I must say this unique program for accomplished hand engravers was not my idea; it was the vision of Glendo’s General Manager, Kim Pember. Sometime in late 2003 or early 2004, she approached me with the idea of providing a special event for the world’s finest hand engraving artists.
“In spite of their solitary working habits, she believed these world-class engravers would value the opportunity to learn from each other and enjoy the mutual camaraderie. Kim believed that unless someone brought them together, these remarkable artists may never actually meet each other or have the chance to pass on the legacy of engraving to those who could appropriately value this knowledge. (more…)
// August 8th, 2010 // Comments Off // News & Announcements
Glendo is proud to announce that Alain Lovenberg and Alexander Sidorov will be the master instructors for the Seventh Annual Grand Masters Program courses in 2011. Each engraver will present a full two-week course in their own style of engraving or stone setting.
Lovenberg’s two-week course will cover techniques of deep relief engraving and full gold inlay for background treatments, as seen here in this firearm by Lovenberg.
Sidorov will once again share the secrets of pavé stone setting with his students during a full two-week course. The pendant by Sidorov is an excellent example of the technical objectives of his 2011 course.
Check back for detailed application downloads and deadlines, course descriptions, and sneak peek photos of coursework as it becomes available.
// July 29th, 2010 // Comments Off // News & Announcements
In only a few days, Grand Masters Program students will begin arriving to learn from three Italian masters from Creative Art. Although the event does not officially start until August 2, two engravers have already arrived at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas. (more…)
// March 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // News & Announcements
Check out this video montage of close-ups from the project piece for GMP 2010.
