KHN® Foundation Course

Learn the traditional art of hand engraving from the ground up.

 

About the program

The Foundation Course is a complete 70-day learning experience combining live training, online modules and personal guidance. You will build a strong technical base in line-engraving, tool control and artistic fundamentals.

You will learn

 

  • Tool handling & burin control
  • Basic cuts & line structure
  • Depth, shadow & artistic form
  • Essential engraving techniques
  • Composition & engraving logic
  • Creating your own set personalized burins
  • Sharpening essentials
  • Safe working methods
  • First artistic engraving pieces 

What’s included [Watch the video below for an impression]

  • 5 live practice days — 38 hours
  • 4 weeks online theory
  • 4 weeks online practice support
  • Personal master–apprentice coaching (70 days)
  • Complete course manual
  • Use of all atelier tools
  • Lunch, coffee, tea, snacks
  • 1 burin set
  • 3-month KHN® digital library access
  • GravuGridGallery inclusion

Detailed information

This unique concept of basic course is a 70 days course consisting of 3 parts. One month before the joint 5-day intensive LIVE practical days, the theoretical knowledge in the KHN® Online Learning Environment is started individually. After the 5 practical days in the KHN® Knowledge Center Hand Engraving on Texel, the course will be completed individually at home for a month, under supervision, on weekly assignments via the KHN® Online Learning Environment. The course will be concluded jointly with an online meeting. 

For whom?

 

This intensive Course Hand Engraving – BASIC is suitable for everyone: young and old, hobbyists, amateurs, beginners, and professionals alike. No prior knowledge or drawing skills are required.

 

The course concludes with an official KHN® certificate.

 

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KHN® Program 2025-2026

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KHN® Foundation Course March 23.-27. 2026

Masterclass Hand Engraving Basics - Hand engraving training full-emersion with 5 practical days on the island Texel in the Netherlands from 23th till 27th March 2026.
The course starts online one month in advance and ends online one month afterwards. The course lasts 2 months in total.
A 5-day intensive Masterclass Hand Engraving Basics is an intensive online combi live training in which we work on a solid foundation to be able to do hand engraving independently at home. During the module you work with your own hand-made tool set, you learn to sharpen engraving cutters, you learn basic engraving techniques and much more.
The course program has been developed based on a new formula. We will start with an innovative hybrid master-journeyman method. A way of learning and working where both live and online there is personal and individual attention to gain the knowledge and you develop in the hand engraving technique in a traditional and authentic way.
Assignments are used with which the program and the knowledge are built up constructively with an eye for individual attention and personal processes.
The preparations start one month in advance via the online learning environment with theory lessons. After the 5 practical days you will be guided for another month via the online learning environment with practical exercises.
The course is concluded with a KHN® certificate.

KHN® Foundation Course March 23.-27. 2026

A 70 days Hand engraving training full-emersion with 5 practical days on the island Texel in the Netherlands from 23th till 27th March 2026.
The preparations start one month in advance via the online learning environment with theory lessons. After the 5 practical days you will be guided for another month via the online learning environment with practical exercises.
The course is concluded with a KHN® certificate.

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