Foggy Mountain Forge Vancouver Island blacksmiths

Foggy Mountain Forge

Artisanal Blacksmiths

Foggy Mountain Forge is a blacksmith and metal fabrication shop, studio, and gallery founded in 2008 after Marty Gilbertson and his wife moved from Alberta to the Shirley area of Western Vancouver Island.

Although our gallery is now closed to the public, in past years we have done and accepted commission work from all over the world, and have welcomed upwards of twelve thousand people every year. Besides our studio work, we also take part in many community events and donate a large amount of time, art, and expertise to the local community.

Foggy Mountain Forge artisanal blacksmiths

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Marty Gilbertson

Marty has been working with metal since the age of twelve, growing up on the family ranch on the Canadian prairies. He has been welding and fabricating for over 50 years now in a variety of different industries ranging from pipelines, oilfield work, automotive fabrication, and of course blacksmithing. With decades of metal work comes a plethora of knowledge rarely matched in the industry.

Now, combining ancient metalworking techniques with the best of modern technology, Marty uses his experience and imagination to create some of the most unique metal work in the business today. There is no project too big or too small for Marty as long as he is allowed to use the creative thinking that is vividly apparent in every piece that he creates.