Elena Voss
CERAMICSNASHVILLE, TN • 14 YEARS
Elena’s wheel-thrown stoneware draws from the ancient coil techniques of the Appalachian foothills. Each piece is finished with ash glazes she forages herself.
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NASHVILLE CRAFT HERITAGE
Artisan Spotlights
Meet the makers. Learn their techniques. Honor the local histories that shape every object we carry.
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Traditions
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CHAPTER 01 — THE HANDS
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Makers We Champion
Marcus Hale
WOODWORKFRANKLIN, TN • 27 YEARS
Marcus revives 19th-century joinery methods using only hand tools and reclaimed heart pine from historic Nashville barns.
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Lila Beaumont
TEXTILESMURFREESBORO, TN • 11 YEARS
Lila grows, harvests, and dyes her own fibers using native Tennessee plants to create heirloom blankets and scarves.
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Theo Grant
METALWORKLEBANON, TN • 32 YEARS
A fourth-generation blacksmith, Theo forges garden tools and cookware using coal-fire methods passed down since the 1800s.
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CHAPTER 02 — ROOTS
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Tradition That Still Breathes
Our artisans are not merely craftspeople — they are keepers of nearly forgotten regional knowledge. From clay dug from the Cumberland Plateau to walnut milled from trees planted by their grandfathers, every material carries memory.
Every object is a conversation
between past knowledge and present hands.
“The clay remembers every thumbprint my grandmother left on
her own pots. I just continue the conversation.”
— Elena Voss
Our makers use only materials that can be traced to within 200 miles of our warehouse in Nashville. This is slow craft at its most honest.
CHAPTER 03 — LIVING LORE
Stories from the Bench
Elena Voss • Ceramicist
“I don’t decorate pots. I listen to the clay and let it decide what it wants to become.”
Elena grew up in a holler outside Crossville where her grandmother made simple crocks for preserving vegetables. Today she fires her work in a wood-burning kiln she built herself using bricks salvaged from a 19th-century schoolhouse. The unpredictable flame marks each vessel with unique carbon trails — nature’s signature.
Marcus Hale • Woodwright
“A chair should outlive three generations and still look like it was made yesterday.”
Marcus’s grandfather taught him to read wood grain the way sailors read the sky. Using only hand planes, chisels, and hide glue, he builds pieces meant to be passed down. The walnut he uses was planted by freedmen after the Civil War on land just outside Franklin.
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Hand-cut dovetails. No nails. Ever.
Community Voices
Those who collect our makers’ work often become part of the story themselves.
“The day my Lila Beaumont blanket arrived, my daughter asked if she could be buried in it one day. That is the kind of object these artisans create — things that become family members.”
Sarah Ellison
Franklin, Tennessee • Collector since 2021
“I bought one of Theo’s fire pokers for our cabin. Six months later my neighbor asked where he could get one. I told him he couldn’t — they aren’t made anymore. They’re forged the old way, one at a time, by a man who still believes in things that last.”
Robert McKinney
Cookeville, Tennessee • Customer since 2019
CHAPTER 04 — YOUR TURN
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Every purchase supports living makers and keeps regional craft traditions alive for the next generation.