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Jerry Dolyn Brown (November 9, 1942 – March 4, 2016) was an American folk artist and traditional stoneware pottery maker who lived and worked in Hamilton, Alabama. He was a 1992 recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2003 recipient of the Alabama Folk Heritage Award.
- Southern Traditional
- Ninth generation Traditional artist
- American
This documentary, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, documented pottery making at Jerry Brown's shop. This along with the new public consciousness of traditional Southern pottery encouraged Jerry's resolve to reenter the pottery business.
Ninth-generation potter Jerry Brown and his mule, Blue, mix and grind the clay used to make his unique and one-of-a-kind pieces of pottery. Jerry was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship and currently has five pieces of pottery on exhibit in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
In 1992, Jerry Brown was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship and currently has five pieces of pottery on exhibit in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. The Alabama State Council on the Arts awarded the Alabama Folk Heritage Award to him in 2003.
Many are exposed to the Browns’ pottery through arts and crafts fairs where Jerry demonstrates turning on the wheel. Some customers continue to buy pottery from the Browns, often ordering by mail with the aid of a printed price list. Others buy the ware indirectly, at hardware stores or gift shops.
Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown (1942-2016) was a renowned stoneware folk potter who lived and worked in Hamilton, Marion County. He was from a family that had been engaged in pottery making in the South since the late eighteenth century, and he used traditional manufacturing techniques, including a mule -drawn mill for mixing clay.
