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| Gaines earned a BFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and then completed an apprenticeship with Ubaldo Vitali, an Italian silversmith in New York. He has studied at Penland School of Crafts, at the Gemological Institute of America and was a student in the University of Georgia's graduate studies abroad program in Cortona, Italy.
Gaines was a recipient of the North Carolina Emerging Young Artists Award in 1992 from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts Council. He has been featured in the North Carolina "Our State" magazine and "North Carolina's Taste Full" magazine as well as other local magazines and newspapers. He is a member of the American Craft Council and the Society of North American Goldsmiths.
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