• Welcome to the Hand Engravers Association of Great Britain

    Raising the profile and preserving the skills of hand engraving and its practitioners

  • Members’ Event: Patrons New Year Drinks at Rebus 24 January 2024

  • Baddeley Brothers Card Design Competition 2023 - Winner Ibrahim Batchelder overseeing print in progress


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  • Members’ Event: Visit to Engine Turning Collection 16 Sept 2023

  • Members’ Event: Visit to John Rigby Workshop & Studio 20 Sept 2023

  • Embellish: The Art of Engraving - Exhibition at Tennants Auctioneers 9 July - 16 August 2023

    Photo credit Tennants Auctioneers Ltd

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  • Members’ Event Westley Richards Workshop Tour 16 June 2023

  • Tour of Birmingham Assay Office Silver Collection 16 June 2023

  • AGM and TALK from Toye, Kenning & Spencer 16 June 2023

  • Hand Engraving: Focus on Traditional Scroll Carving Workshop with Karen Wallace 17 June 2023

  • Hand Engraving Taster Sessions 17 June 2023

  • Patrons & Members Event at Purdey Jan 2023

  • Members’ Event: Clockworks Museum Oct 2022

  • International Hand Engraving Symposium Sept 2022

  • AGM at the Royal Academy of Arts 2022

  • Seal Engraving Workshop 2022 in Partnership with The Goldsmiths’ Centre, supported by the Radcliffe Trust

  • Summer School in partnership with the Goldsmiths’ Centre

  • Engraving by Brad Tallett for Purdey & Sons

Hand engraving: the ancient art of embellishing metal and gem materials by removing material with hand held tools.

British hand engravers are some of the best in the world and it is crucial that we preserve this part of our heritage. The Hand Engravers Association of Great Britain aims to:

• Raise the profile of hand engraving
• Provide education and training
• Stimulate debate and generate new ideas

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Our next event:

HAND ENGRAVING: BASIC PRINCIPLES COURSE

16-17 March 2024 – Learn at Home

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Learn Hand Engraving From Home

Bookings now open for our next online course Hand Engraving: Basic Principles. All tools and materials you need are sent out to you and students join a live zoom to watch and engrave alongside the professional engraver tutor. Visit the courses page for details and booking.

Baddeley Brothers Card Design Competition 2024

For the fourth year we are delighted to announce our card design competition in partnership with Baddeley Brothers. Applications open in March.

Image: detail from engraved plate by 2023 competition winner Ibrahim Batchelder.

Donate

As a registered charity (1175879) we welcome donations to enable us to support the next generation of hand engravers.



Image: Silver Cup commissioned by the Law Courts, Middle Temple, engraved by Barry Green, created by John Doubleday.