With the holiday season approaching, many search for the right holiday card to send out to friends, family, and businesses. As artists, engravers have an opportunity to create a personal and unique holiday card. Printmaking can turn an original engraving into a printed treasure that can be enjoyed by many.

Printmaking for engraving isn't just for holiday cards, though. Engravers can create limited edition prints from a specific engraving, keeping the original plate while sharing the wonderful artwork. An engraver could also use printmaking to share a technique with many others, much like a plastic casting.

James Ehlers, who is the current professor of Engraving Arts at Emporia State University, teaches this technique to students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Engraving Arts. The students get to design and engrave the original artwork, learn how to prep the plate, and make the print.

If you are interested in what you can do with printmaking for engraving, call today to speak with a representative about enrolling in Engraving Techniques for Printmaking with James Ehlers at the GRS Training Center in 2009 . This specialty course is new for the 2009 year, and will be a great learning experience for any interested engraver.