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Jerry Brown Pottery, Hamilton, Alabama. 5,505 likes · 213 were here. Come to Jerry Brown Pottery - the only known mule-powered pottery mill in the United States!!! Watc
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 [1] [2] and a 2003 recipient of the Alabama Folk Heritage Award. [3]
- Southern Traditional
- Ninth generation Traditional artist
- American
In 1982, Jerry reentered the pottery business and took advantage of an urban market interested in southern folk heritage. In 1985-1986, the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Appalshop shot and produced the film Unbroken Tradition. This documentary, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, documented pottery making at Jerry Brown's shop.
Also, in 2003, the Jerry Brown Arts Festival was created in his hometown of Hamilton, a juried arts festival which has been recognized as a Top 20 event in the Southeastern U.S. four of the last six years. Jerry Brown Pottery. 166 Boyett Drive. Hamilton, AL 35570. (205) 921-9483.
When Jerry and Sandra Brown first opened their shop in the early 1980s, they were uncertain about their venture. The Brown’s distress about the declining traditional market for stoneware was eased by the discovery of a demand for Alabama folk arts and crafts. They found that they could attract customers as diverse as hardware stores and art ...
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. In 1992, the National Endowment ...
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.
