Woodworking artist offers his creations to customers

SEELEY LAKE - Missoula Woodworker Dave Erickson brought his collection of wooden bookcases, benches and birdhouses to sell at the Seeley Lake Market. Erickson has been a merchant at the market for three or four years, however he has been crafting a plethora of wooden decorations for around 50.

"There was an old carpenter from Lolo back in '62 that got me into carpentry," he said. "And I helped build houses for probably four or five years."

Currently Erickson does woodworking mostly as a hobby. His favorite aspect of the process is being able to take something from nothing and transform it into...