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Dec 07, 2025
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2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog
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GST 192 - Advanced Engraving
Description: Design advanced intricate scroll designs and patterns, engrave on flat and round cylindrical surfaces, and the engraving of lettering. Emphasis on balance, selecting tools and fixtures, manipulation of the engraver's vise, and all components familiar to the trade.
Prerequisites: GST 191
Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 6
Course Content:
- Advanced scroll patterns
- Animal and bird patterns
- Shading with lines only
- Grinding of flat gravers
- Background removal
- NSculpture engraving
- Jigs and fixtures for holding work in the vise
- Lettering
Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute more advanced interlocked scroll work on practice plate. (1)
- Design and execute scroll and animal or bird scene on practice plate. (2)
- Shade designs with cut lines only. (3)
- Grind flat gravers to remove background material, large and small. (4)
- Cut away background material in preparation for sculptured animal scenes. (5)
- Design, execute and finish sculptured animal scene on practice plate. (6)
- Utilize jigs and fixtures for holding pieces in vise. (7)
- Perform the art of lettering. (8)
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