Marc Fiset

Marc Fiset retired from the Canadian Forces in 2011 after a twenty-year career and along with his family moved to Shoal Bay, Fogo Island. Shortly after, he began working with various metals by welding, casting, forging, and shaping them. For over ten years now, Marc has owned and operated Fogo Island Metalworks, a metal art workshop/studio located on Fogo Island, Newfoundland.

Since 2015, Marc has designed and created art fixtures for people around the world, his work can also be seen around the province and country. He is a self-taught artist who combines modern and traditional techniques, all his work is handmade and unique. Marc draws inspiration from nature, life experience as well as the local traditions and culture of Fogo Island. You will find Newfoundland and Island influences in many of his pieces. Other pieces are simply a way of expressing various ideas, and feelings.