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Niarada, Montana man creates art that cowboys, horses wear – Shooting Star Saddlery
Up the Big Draw, in his own little one, Jeff Morrow makes his 30-yard commute to work six days a week, trying to keep up with the orders.
The recession has "helped" in that regard, paring the waiting time for his larger handcrafted leatherworks down from a year and a half to about eight months.
You can see why his work remains in demand even when money is tight. The detail is exquisite, an art form destined not for a gallery, but for the back of a horse, or a cowboy’s – or cowgirl’s – legs or waists.
Morrow makes saddles, and chaps, and tack, and holsters; belts, and briefcases, and backpacks and billfolds.
He does so in a wood stove-heated shop that may not be in the middle of nowhere, but feels like you can see it from there.
Shooting Star Saddlery http://shootingstar.montana.com/, he calls his homespun business, named for the wildflowers that blossom in these parts each spring – and become a part of many of his intricate designs as well.
Written by VINCE DEVLIN Photographed by KURT WILSON of the Missoulian
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