Artist

Melvin Crocker

born Lula, GA 1959
Media - crocker_michael_melvin.jpg - 89976
Originally photographed by Chuck Rosenak. Image is courtesy of the Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, 1990-1999, in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • Melvin S. Crocker
Born
Lula, Georgia, United States
Biography

Melvin Crocker followed in the footsteps of his older brothers and began to work with the Georgia pottery families at a young age. Melvin’s talent was for decorating the bodies of the pots that his brother Michael made on the wheel. He commonly molds faces, snakes, fruits, and scenes of Georgia life on the exteriors of the pots, in a fashion that has been identified with Georgia pottery for generations.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Byron Temple, #41 Jar with Loop, 1996, glazed wood fired stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thomas Y.C. Chock, 1997.8A-B
#41 Jar with Loop
Artist
Date1996
glazed wood fired stoneware
On view
Byron Temple, Teapot, 1998, glazed stoneware and metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 1998.110.1A-B
Teapot
Artist
Date1998
glazed stoneware and metal
On view
Byron Temple, Untitled, 1992, clay, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001.71.15A-B
Untitled
Artist
Date1992
clay
Not on view
Byron Temple, Untitled (Lidded Jar), 1987, clay, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001.71.5A-B
Untitled (Lidded Jar)
Artist
Date1987
clay
Not on view