Simon Jackson – Miniature Artist

We first visited Simon Jackson back in 1992. The rural Fayette County, TN artist showed his talent for recreating barns, homesteads and other buildings. On our follow-up visit, more than 20 years later, we discovered that Simon is on a new creative mission. He’s replicating miniature military rifles from America’s war history. It’s a fascinating story of a humble, yet extremely-talented artist who loves new “small” challenges Join Nashville Public Television’s Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Simon Jackson – Miniature Artist.


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We first visited Simon Jackson back in 1992. The rural Fayette County artist showed his talent for recreating barns, homesteads and other buildings here grew up around in Eads. On our follow-up visit -- more than 20 years later -- we discovered that Simon is on a new creative mission. He's replicating miniature military rifles from America's war history. It's a fascinating story of a humble, yet extremely-talented artist who loves new "small" challenges

Joe Elmore has been the host of this Emmy-award winning series since its beginnings. As the face of Tennessee Crossroads, Joe has been taking viewers to meet interesting people and explore fascinating out-of-the-way places since 1987. Joe is also a producer and co-host of Horsepower TV on Spike TV. Joe launched his TV career at WHBQ TV in Memphis, TN, where he served as weekend anchor and reporter. Later, he was chosen to co-host the station's PM Magazine show, where he produced nationally-broadcast stories. He has also done extensive work as an independent film and video producer for clients throughout the Southeast.

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