Many of you have heard me rave about the cameo engraving work by April Surgent.  If you haven’t seen April’s work before here is a small, stunning example (this is the birthday “card” she gave her dad):

Her lecture took us through how she ended up working with this form or glass, her ongoing mentorship by reknowned Czech engraver Jiri Harcuba, and an overview of the process she uses today.

She included a live demonstration of her working on her portable Merker engraving lathe:

Another truly inspiring GAS lecture.