Marc Grélat
Artistic ironworker
Asuel

« I am driven by respect for ancestral know-how and by my passion for the search for lost gestures. »

Born in 1977 in Porrentruy, he obtained his CFC as a manufacturer of industrial equipment in 1998, then turned to artistic ironwork and opened his workshop in 2003. In 2005, a distinction was awarded to him by Henri Viallon for his 2nd prize in the "Forged Creation" competition. In 2007, he was in charge of creating the structures for John Howe’s sculptures for "Saint-Ursanne la Fantastique".

« My creativity is stimulated by the diversity of materials that I work with and by the magic of material transformation. »

At the heart of his workshop glows the flame of the forge, a luminous witness to ancestral know-how but also a warm companion of the master of the place. Marc Grélat shapes the material, assembles materials such as leather, wood, stone or even ivory, to create and restore ironwork and artistic cutlery objects or reconstruct historical objects, chandeliers and candlesticks.

Diplomas

1998 Manufacturer of industrial devices, Delémont Professional Center

Honors

2016 Artisan 2016, JEMA Jura

2015 Artisan 2015, JEMA Jura

2005 Forged creation, 2nd prize, Henri Viallon

Connections

Canal Alpha: http://www.canalalpha.ch/actu/un-des-derniers-forgerons-de-suisse-vit-a-asuel/

RFJ: http://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/emissions/La-Matinale/Viens-chez-moi-Marc-Grelat.html

Ajoie.net: http://www.ajoie.net/index.php/articles/tourisme/240-marc-grelat-le-forgeron-d-art-d-asuel