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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)

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

Oct 23 – 27 Mon – Fri

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 – 29, 2023 Mon – Thu

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.

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.

Scheduled dates Aug 9-11 Wed – Fri

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 15-17, 2023 Tues – Thur

Cost: $550
$100 deposit required

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

 


Class Reservations

To sign up for a class contact Ray Cover .
His address is 121 Garden Lane, Arcadia, Missouri 63621.
His phone number is 314 808 2508.