The Artist
A West Virginia craftsman turning feathers from the hills he calls home into pieces meant to last a lifetime.
Steve Morgan was born and raised in West Virginia. These hills aren't a backdrop to his work — they're the whole reason for it. He grew up hunting the same ridges he still walks today, learning the birds by sight and sound long before he ever thought about making anything with their feathers.
Before he started his own shop, Steve trained with All Feathers Taxidermy, learning the craft from people who work with feathers every day. That training is the foundation the rest of his work is built on.
Every piece is still made by Steve, by hand, in his shop in West Virginia.
The Story
People in West Virginia know each other. That's how the business grew in the beginning — one piece at a time, for neighbors and friends of friends, passed along the way good work tends to travel in a small place.
Steve's done pieces for families who wanted something to pass down, for hunters who wanted to remember a specific season, and for folks who just wanted a piece of the mountains on their wall. He keeps track of what matters to the people he makes them for, because that's usually what ends up mattering most in the finished work.
He's looking to grow the business beyond the people who already know him — to get his work into homes outside of West Virginia without losing the thing that makes it worth making. Every piece still starts the same way: in his shop, in the hills, by hand.
The Craft
No kits. No reproductions. Nothing mass-produced. Steve designs and builds each piece himself, and once it's finished, there isn't another one like it anywhere.
The work takes the time it takes. Some pieces come together in a week or two, others take longer. Steve doesn't rush them, and he doesn't take a commission he can't do right.
If you're interested in a piece, send him a note about what you have in mind. He'll talk you through what's possible and what it'll take to get there.