James Ehlers, an engraver, printmaker, and the current professor of the Engraving Arts program at Emporia State University, designed this monogram for GRS, drawing inspiration from a century-old book on monograms.

Ehlers did the layout for the GRS monogram here with instructions from D.J. Glaser, president of the Glendo Corporation, to make the "G" the foremost letter, followed by the R and the S. This design is similar to one found in a book originally by J. Gordon Smith. The neat thing about this book, circa 1903, is that each page of the printing was made from a hand engraved copper plate.

Ehlers has done the same with this monogram. He designed the monogram and then hand engraved the letters in reverse on a copper plate, making the print from the plate shown here.

Find out more about this book and the copper plate Ehlers engraved in an upcoming article later this week about a new "feature" coming soon to the GRS website. In the meantime, check out some of the other work Ehlers has done on his GRS Training Center biography page and his own online gallery.