{"id":703,"date":"2012-08-31T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T17:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=703"},"modified":"2012-11-04T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T05:04:28","slug":"john-lewis-artist-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"John Lewis Artist Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Started working in glass in the 1960&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewisglass.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnlewisglass.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>As a graduate student in architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, <strong>John Lewis<\/strong><\/em><em> was introduced to blown glass by professor Marvin Lipofsky.\u00a0 Lewis founded the first private hot glass studio in California and later received his MA in design in 1970.\u00a0 His early work in blown glass led to an interest in glass casting.\u00a0 With the help of an NEA grant, he built an experimental facility to explore the possibilities of cast glass.\u00a0 At his state-of-the-art casting studio in Oakland, CA,\u00a0 Lewis designs and produces cast glass sculpture, tables, vessels and site specific architectural projects.\u00a0 He has completed numerous commissions for private and corporate clients and is represented internationally by galleries.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1806\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Copper-Y-Vessel_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1806\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1806\" title=\"Copper-Y-Vessel_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Copper-Y-Vessel_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;COPPER Y VESSEL&#8221;<br \/>John Lewis<br \/>2010<br \/>Cast Glass with Copper Patina<br \/>11&#8243;L X 7&#8243;W X 8&#8243;H<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1807\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Rust-Patina-Dining-Table_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1807\" title=\"Rust-Patina-Dining-Table_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.californiastudioglass.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Rust-Patina-Dining-Table_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;RUST PATINA DINING TABLE&#8221;<br \/>John Lewis<br \/>2008<br \/>Cast Glass with Patinaed Steel<br \/>104&#8243; 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