2010

Sixth Annual Grand Masters

With Creative Art of Italy

Now in its sixth year, the Grand Masters Program is a showcase for the world’s finest artisans, and a breakthrough opportunity for engravers and jewelers to learn the exceptional techniques and artistic refinement of these acclaimed Grand Masters. Set in a unique studio environment, participants study directly under these masters while enjoying the camaraderie of their peers. The result is a new level of creativity and vibrancy for those who attend.

The 2010 Grand Masters are three members of Creative Art: Giacomo Fausti, Giovanni Steduto, and Ugo Talenti, all of Gardone Val Trompia, Italy. Their course will span two weeks and cover the world of fantasy engraving.

Who should enroll in this special course? If you aspire to work at the highest level and are reasonably experienced in the field of engraving, this is your opportunity of a lifetime. You will build a more rewarding future and position yourself with the best because these Grand Masters will be there beside you.

Join us August 2010 at the GRS Training Center. Remember … the most important investment you can make is in your own creative skills.

Date, Cost and Location

The 2010 Grand Masters Program will be hosted at the GRS Training Center in Emporia, Kansas, beginning on August 2, 2010 and ending August 13, 2010. Cost for the class is $2595. Please see the Rules, Requirements and Fees page for more information. The GRS Training Center is located at 900 Overlander Road, Emporia, KS 66801 USA.

Feel free to call GRS at 1-800-835-3519 or 620-343-1084 if you have questions about Grand Masters 2010.

Course Description

The focus of this course is “fantasy engraving,” a special style for which Creative Art is famous world wide. This style allows the engraver to blend an extraordinary range of themes and subjects together in an interesting and flowing design. It can simultaneously combine traditional engraving art elements with contemporary ones producing striking results that hold the eye and attention like no other engraving technique.

The Creative Art team will teach each attendee an advanced understanding of light, perspective, artistic balance, and visual “rhythm.” Step-by-step instructions will insure clarity and individual achievement. The course will include a balance of graphic art design and refined execution techniques in metal with personal guidance from start to finish. It is intended to help engravers break through their existing art barriers and boost their level of work well beyond that of other engravers.

Learning Objectives

• How to study and design fantasy art
• Understanding light, perspective balance, and visual rhythm
• Transfer techniques to apply art designs to metal
• Dealing with multiple overlapping figures
• Using bulino dot execution techniques in fantasy engraving
• How to finish critical details including eyes, hair, and fur
• Combining both line and dot engraving techniques
• Creating contrast and three dimension, fine shading, and “chiaroscuro”
• Integrating fantasy elements with gold inlay, chisel engraving, sculpted forms
• Each person will create a project piece using the course techniques

Course Project

The unique design and execution techniques shown in this course will be used by each person to create a fantasy piece during the 10-day class. The theme will include a lady, wildcat, and flowers in the fantasy style.

About the Masters: The Origin of Creative Art

In 1987, Giacomo Fausti set up a studio in his home with another engraver, Ugo Talenti. Their mutual goal was to combine their talent and develop new outlets for their work. Two years later Giovanni Steduto joined the studio followed by Valerio Peli and Armondo Piardi. Today, this firm is located in Inzino, Italy and is known as Creative Art.

The vision of combining talent from several artists was to create a team that could provide high-quality custom hand engravings more rapidly than the normal time needed for such work. Today, Creative Art serves an impressive range of customers from industrial companies that seek finished artistic models to pure artisans who collect extraordinary high-end pieces. Each member of the team brings their own special style, methods and skills which makes Creative Art so highly regarded today.