Born in Cookeville TN, in 1953, Estel finds inspiration for his art in family travels.

I have loved art my whole life. As I have never had any art "lessons", I thank God for the gift of art He has given me.

My passion is detailed pencil drawings, but I also do paintings, wood burning and metal sculpting.

My favorite subjects are wildlife and landscapes.

I do portraits in pencil, by commission.

Chris Shultz is a local photographer and offers matted and framed original photos, taken locally and from around the world, and presents his work at The Lazy Buzzard, in Pikeville TN.

He was trained in Architecture and Photography at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has been involved in projects, including the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Bethesda Metro Complex, MD; Bank of America Building, Atlanta GA, and other locations.

He, also, worked in import and distribution of marble and granite, in Atlanta GA

Chris, currently, resides in Pikeville TN where he operates a state of the art recording studio, recording local musical artists of many genres.

You can visit his work at SchultzRecordingStudios.com

I am Sami Fiorito, and I am the owner of Crochet Charm, a local artist at The Lazy Buzzard.

I am New York born, but my heart has always been in Tennessee, so as soon as we could, we relocated our family here.

I have been a professional crochet artist and pattern tester for almost 20 years. My patterns have been registered and published multiple times. My daughters are also artists at The Lazy Buzzard, who can sew, crochet and draw.

We are so honored to be part of this beautiful community!

I am a self-taught Glass Craftsman who has been doing glass work since 1975.

My pieces are scattered around the world. One of my specialties is making reproductions of Tiffany Lamps.

I also enjoy making glass "shadow boxes" and stained glass panels, ranging in a variety of sizes. I also do glass restoration, repairs and commissioned pieces.

One of the newer ventures in glass working is using a kiln to fuse glass creations and learning the process of "slumping" glass.

You can see some of my work in The Lazy Buzzard, Pikeville, TN. I would love to meet you there and talk "glass".

My name is Gabby and I founded

Gifts From Gab in 2024, at the age of 11.

In addition to my crafting endeavors- crafting unique items with focal silicone beads, I am a straight A student and active in cheerleading

and gymnastics.

With my family being some of Bledsoe County's first settlers, giving back to my community is important

to me. Each month I donate a portion of my profits to local charities, including BCSD Toy Drive, animal shelters and Backpacks for the Homeless.

You can, currently, view my pen designs at The Lazy Buzzard, in Pikeville TN. I hope my story inspires you!

Dale Shannon is a Master Craftsman in the, almost, lost art of Leather Tooling. He has been hand-tooling leather crafts since 1970, and has beautifully mastered his craft over the last 60+ years. He has designed and hand-tooled saddles for several saddle companies in the Chattanooga and North Georgia area since 1985.

Dales custom leather items include handbags, holsters, wallets, belts, knife cases and much more!

He is also a self-taught blacksmith, with a specialty in hand forged Damascus knives with exotic wooden handles.

Dale displays his beautiful work in The Lazy Buzzard, Pikeville TN, and has his Leather Shop in Pikeville, where he has resided since 1985.

All of the art we create is made with wood that we repurpose from the land our 600+ acre farm. It may come from an old building; a cedar fence post, a tree that toppled from a storm, a fallen fence, or cedar boards that were milled from trees on our farm.

We breathe new life into it and create appreciative art.

Each piece we design - from coasters to candle holders is as unique as the very wood itself. We pour our hearts into our time, care and effort that we give each piece!

We hope you enjoy our “kreations”, as much as we enjoy “kreating” them!!

I learned to knit at the age of 14 and quickly latched onto it as a new personal art medium.

Over the years, I’ve refined my skills and have been creating my own patterns for designs that live in my head.

I look for the good in the world and try my best to express it creative and intuitively, and sometimes the best way to express the beauty of humanity is through abstract art that represents the flow of emotions and our connection to each other.

My art is a reflection and distortion of the ethereal and mystical world around us.

It's inspired by an idyllic childhood - being raised on the back of horses and in cockpits of floatplanes in the Amazon rainforests; a precocious adolescence in the Sonoran Deserts; and a nomadic early-adulthood that took me from the streets of New York, to the German countryside and back to the mountains and valleys of Pikeville TN, where I now reside.

Since childhood art has been an integral part of my life. Over the years, I’ve been humbled by the positive comments from my customers.

Artisans have no idea how their artistic expression can impact someone’s life.

My wish is to inspire and encourage others in their creative endeavors. To see more and hear some of my narrated art-stories, check out www.storiesinpaint.com.

I will be offering pet portraits by commission. See examples at The Lazy Buzzard, in downtown Pikeville, TN.

I'm Cindy Mallalieu, a mother and a wife. I have two sons, five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. My husband is the most amazing part of my life.

I've been a factory girl, a machine designer and an electrician. Through all of it I've made stuff. All kinds of stuff, practical and whimsical from all kinds of material. When my home didn't suit me, I got rid of it and with my husband's help built one that does, perfectly!

I finally realized I did all of this because I am an artist.