Columbus, MT artist, Scott Morrison, creates Rocking Chairs and Custom Furniture meant to be handed down for generations

When he first touches the rough-hewn tiger maple, the future chair is only primitive wood.

However, as Scott Morrison
http://www.finewoodworker.com/ of Columbus starts to hand build his heirloom rocking chairs, a transformation takes place.

"The more I touch the wood, the more friends I become with the chair," Morrison said. "It’s almost like, as odd as it sounds, the wood is cooperating with me."

When the chair is hand-sanded and rub-finished 80 hours later, the relationship deepens.

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In California, he co-founded a software company and obtained two patents for technology that links Global Positioning System signals to cell phones. The E-911 system allows cell users to be located during emergencies.

The money was great, but Morrison said he was living the career nightmare, babysitting 130 employees.

"I hated every minute of it, hated it," he said. "I never saw my kids. I never saw my wife. I worked all the time for nothing you could hold in your hands."

"My dream was to move to Montana. It’s been fantastic. Fantastic,"

http://www.finewoodworker.com/

By JAN FALSTAD
Of The Gazette Staff

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