The work of Gretchen Raber distills the influences of architecture, art, geometry, materiality and kinetic properties. Her awards include the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, numerous First Place Awards in the Creative Craft Council, and Juror's Recognition Awards in the Washington Guild of Goldsmiths. A selection of the museums which contain Raber's pieces in their permanent collections are the Museum of Art and Design, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; the Kunstgewerbe Musuem, Preuzicher Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany.