Michael James Kaiser Artist/Blacksmith 2005 – 2007 Crescent Designed Metals Customers included; The Union League, Philadelphia, PA The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2002 - 2005 M. Cohen & Sons, Inc. “The Iron Shop Custom” Customers included; The University of Pennsylvania 1997 - 2002 Co-Owner and Operator, IronSmith Design Customers included; Matisse Café and Restaurant, Washington, D.C. Picasso Grille, Potomac, MD. Restaurant Nora, Washington, D.C. Thomas Pheasant, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1991- Present Owner and Operator, Kaiser Wrought Iron Customers of note include; William Bennett Washington National Cathedral Justice Denner Sutton Place Gourmet, Washington, D.C. Red Sage Restaurant, Washington, D.C. Martha Stewart, East Hampton, NY Nathan’s Forge, Uniontown, MD Wilmington Animal Hospital, Wilmington, DE Spoutwood Farm Center, Glen Rock, PA 1990 – 1991 Resident Blacksmith, Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, MD Education and Associations 1985 – Present Artist-Blacksmith Association of North America ( ABANA ) 2005 – 2007 Ironworkers Local Union 502 1993 Attendee and Co-Conservator, The Athenæum of Philadelphia: Samuel Yellin, Sketches and Scale Drawings: Preserving Architectural Drawings 1992 Class participant, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: James Anderson Blacksmith Shop 1992 Attendee and Demonstrator, ABANA Conference Exhibition, California State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 1989 Class participant, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: James Anderson Blacksmith Shop 1988 – 1992 President, Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland: 1988 Class participant, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: James Anderson Blacksmith Shop, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Smiths Association and the Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmith Association: “Raising and Sinking Techniques” and “The Colonial Door; Locks, Hinges and Other Hardware” 1987 Class participant, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: James Anderson Blacksmith Shop, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Smiths Association and the Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmith Association: “Colonial Hearth Tools” and “Decorative Filing Techniques” 1986 Member, Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland
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