About Forge

Forge Garrabrant is an artist and craftsman that lives and works in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Columbus and grew up on a farm in Galena, Ohio. He started his career working with glass at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington state and continued his education at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio where he got his associates degree. He transferred to the Columbus College of Art and Design and received his BFA in 2019. Forge works as a gallery assistant and art handler at Hawk Galleries and as a glass blowing instructor at the Franklin Park Conservatory. His conceptual artwork is usually about memory, the senses and emotions attached to those memories, and often references the microscopic structures they form.