Scroll down for the 2023 class schedule.
A few new things are being offered at the engraving school in 2023. Below is a list of the new offerings. Scroll on past this list for the schedule of classes. Please check the Class Descriptions page for full details of each class. Only basic descriptions are given below. Some of the classes below have special requirements or more advanced skills needed to be successful in the class. I have taken care on those classes to make sure and refer you to the class descriptions page for those details.
New offerings for 2023
Ring Engraving Class (Three days)
Ring Sculpting Class (Three days)
Stone Setting with Engraving taught by Tira Mitchell (4-5 Days)
Rifle Set up and Layout taught by Jesse Kauffman (5 days)
Advanced Knife Engraving taught by Ray Cover
Watch Engraving class taught by Ray Cover
Five Day Basic Engraving Classes
This is my entry level class designed for novice beginners. This class is also for experienced engravers who want a refresher course or a different point of view from an experienced full time bench engraver.
March 6-10, 2023 Mon – Fri
May 22 – 26, 2023 Mon – Fri
July 10 – 14, 2023 Mon – Fri
Sept 2 – 6, 2023 Sat – Wed
Cost: $1,000 $250 deposit required to reserve a spot in class
Intermediate Level Engraving Class
Once the basic skills are practiced enough to have control of them the student is encouraged to move forward and take an intermediate level class. To be successful in this class a student must have enough tool control.
May 8 – 12, 202
Cost: $1,000 $250 deposit required to reserve a place in class.
Three Day Ring Engraving Class
In this class Ray will be teaching line engraving and bright cutting techniques for engraving rings. These techniques can be applied to other types of jewelry as well.
June 19-21, 2023 Mon – Wed
Cost: $600 $150 deposit required to reserve a place in class
Three Day Ring Sculpted Engraving Class
In this class Ray will be teaching sculpted engraving techniques for engraving rings. These techniques can also be applied to other jewelry items.
June 22 – 24, 2023 Thurs – Sat
Cost: $600 $150 deposit required to reserve a place in class
Incorporating Stone Setting and Engraving in Jewelry Taught by Tira Mitchell
In this class Tira will be teaching techniques for incorporating fancy engraving designs with stone setting to create unique and beautiful visual designs in jewelry. (Please see the class description page for a full description of this class.)
June 26 – 30, 2023 Mon – Fri
Cost: $1,000 $250 deposit is required to reserve a spot in class
Inlaying Hard Metals
Ever want to inlay iron into stainless, 10K gold into copper, or Titanium into chrome molly steel? Take this class and learn how. Ray leads students through an entirely different set of inlay techniques than those that are normally used in engraving. Traditional techniques require that the base metal bee much harder than the metal being inlaid. The techniques taught in this class totally remove that limitation.
July 17-21, 2023 Mon – Fri
Cost: $1,500 $300 deposit is required to reserve a spot in class.
Watch Engraving Class
Ray will be leading students through the process of taking a watch apart, laying it out for design, engraving the watch and putting it back together. The class will cover the tools and techniques needed for watch assembly/disassembly, fixturing the watch for engraving, and techniques for engraving the watch. (Please see the full description on the Class Description page for further details. This is a more advanced class and has some special requirements.)
July 31 – Aug 4, 2023 Mon – Fri
Cost: $1,250 $300 deposit required to reserve a spot in class.
Rifle Prep for Engraving and Layout taught by Jesse Kaufman
You have been sent a rifle to engrave. NOW WHAT! Jesse Kaufman of Black Hills Engraving will teach you everything you need to know about how to take a bolt action or single shot falling block rifle, prep it for engraving, blueprint it, and layout the rifle for engraving. (Please see the full description on the Class Description page for full details of this class. There are special requirements for this class.)
Oct 9-13, 2023 Mon – Fri
Cost: $1,200 $300 deposit is required to reserve a spot in this class.
Three Day Sculpted Engraving Workshop
This is basically a sculpted scroll workshop. In this workshop we will sculpt a Flor de lis, oak leaves and scroll.
In this class I will cover:
Making the gravers and punches needed
for background removal as well as the techniques for sculpting engraving.
Cost: $550 $100 deposit required to reserve a spot in the class.
Three Day Inlay Workshop
This engraving class covers various metal inlay techniques. Sheet inlay, wire inlay, twisted wire inlay, and multi-metal inlay are all covered in this workshop.
Aug 12 – 14, 2023 Sat – Mon
Cost: $550
$100 deposit required
Three Day Bulino Class
The three day bulino workshop is a techniques based class. In this class I cover how to create various textures, such as animal fur, hair, fish scales, bird feathers as well as shading and techniques in the process of bulino engraving animals .
Scheduled dates
Aug 15-18, 2023 Tues – Thur
Cost: $550
$100 deposit required
Advanced Knife Engraving Class
Ray will be teaching more advanced techniques in this knife engraving class. this class will incorporate sculpted engraving, Bulino engraving, and inlay in one masterpiece. A handmade Ray Cover Sr. canoe knife with solid stainless scales is included in the student kit for this class. (Please see the Class Description page for full details on this class.)
Oct 16-20, 2023 Mon – Fri
Cost: $1,500 $300 deposit is required to reserve a spot in class.
Private Instruction
Ray provides private instruction as well as group classes. The advantages of private instruction are that the content can be customer tailored to the students needs. It can also be scheduled for a time that works for both the student and Ray. There are two prices for private instruction.
Cost: $600 per day or $2,500 for a five day block of time
Semi Private Instruction
Semi private instruction is structured the same way as private instruction but it is for two people. This works well for two family members, two co-workers, or two friends who are both interested in engraving.
Cost: $700 per day or $2,750 for a five day block of time
