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and a fire screen commission. In the early years of the studio, several collectors and gallery shows sustained the studio, including the designer, ceramic artist, mentor and friend, Bennett Bean. In 2001, Rais began to try doing craft shows as a way to reach a wider audience and gain the attention of galleries. His first national show was the
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. He went on to repeatedly exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum Show, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington Craft Show, and Craft Boston. He gained many gallery relationships through these shows. He had shown with and or represented by Thirteen Moons Gallery (later known as
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main staircase. The project takes many design cues from the building's Gothic
Revival style and is influenced in part by some of the architectural ironwork in the museum by Samuel Yellin. The work is now part of the museum's permanent collection. Rais was one of only three artists commissioned by Yale Art Galleries as part of the museum's massive renovation/expansion completed in 2012.
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project includes seven balcony rails, entrance gates, grills, lighting and doors, which will be executed through his studio as well as several other highly skilled metal studios from
Philadelphia and Maryland. The main project was successfully completed in February 2015, with some additional pieces that will be installed throughout the year.
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Cranbrook, Rais was approached by two collectors to make three fire screens for their large Arts and Crafts style home in Bloomfield, Michigan. This commission was the springboard to him opening a business. Rais opened his studio after graduate school in 1998. He did so with about $ 850.00
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His commissioned architectural work has always been one of a kind. It is collected nationally and is often featured in books and magazines. In 2009 he began working on a Museum acquisition for Yale
University Art Galleries. The project is a series of 90 decorative panels that span the railing of the
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In early August 2013, John moved his studio to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in order to focus on expanding his business. In September 2013, John was asked to design and create the decorative metal work for the famous Addison Mizner house, Villa des Cygnes, in Palm Beach, Florida. The scope of this
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