 In 1974 he went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where he studied jewelry-making and metalsmithing.After his college career, Christian Gaudernack, one of the NASCAD professors and a Norwegian goldsmith, inspired Lewton-Brain to continue his education, and he went on to attend the Fachhochschule fur Gestalstung, an art and design university in Pforzheim Germany.Lewton-Brain worked as a part-time goldsmith.