Going from horse shoer to artistic iron worker.
I shod my first horse in 1977 and it became my profession in 1982. A couple years later I came across some nice iron work and thought I could do that, so I gave it a try soon I had created a monster, in my head. I continued to tinker at this new hobby until after I got married in 1996. Horse shoeing is slow in the winter here and I needed the income, so my wife and I started to actively sell my ironwork in 1997.
We have worked the business actively since then, and I have continued to learn the craft and develop new products and methods of doing the work. Of course all that I learned someone else has done before me, in a trade as old as this, truly new things are not common.
We live near Palmer in south central Alaska. This is a beautiful place with mountains on three sides, so we constantly have natural inspiration. Though we do not live the wilderness life I once did, there is still an assortment of wildlife we see here, the most noteworthy being moose and eagles. Seeing them helps to keep me motivated to make nice things. I hope you enjoy the products you buy from us as much as I have enjoyed making them. Mark