Wendell Castle

Wendell Castle (Nuwamba 6,1932-Janairu 20,2018) ɗan Amurka ne mai sassaƙa kuma mai yin kayan daki kuma muhimmin adadi a ƙarshen karni na 20 na Amurka. An kira ta a matsayin "uban motsin kayan fasaha" kuma an haɗa shi a cikin "Big 4" na aikin katako na zamani tare da Wharton Esherick,George Nakashima,da Sam Maloof.

Castle ta gabatar da dabarar aikin itace da ake kira stack lamination don ƙirƙirar kayan daki.Asalin da aka yi amfani da shi don yin lalatar duck,wannan dabarar ta ba da damar “sauƙi mara iyaka” da ikon da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba akan siffa da siffa.  Baya ga aikin katako,ya yi amfani da robobi da karafa. 

A lokacin rayuwarsa,Castle ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa da suka haɗa da lambar yabo ta 1994 'Masu hangen nesa na ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Amirka na 1997,da lambar yabo ta 2001 na Ƙwararrun.

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An haifi Castle a Emporia,Kansas.Ta girma kuma ya sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Holton a Holton,Class Kansas na 1951. A cikin 1958,ta sami digiri na farko na Fine Arts a ƙirar masana'antu,kuma a cikin 1961,ta sami Jagora na Fine Arts a sassaka,duka daga Jami'ar Kansas. 

 Sana'a 
Daga 1962-1969,Castle ya koyar a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Rochester,Makaranta don Masu Sana'a na Amurka,a Rochester,NY,kuma ya kasance Mai zane a Mazauna.  Ya sayi tsohon injin waken soya a Scottsville,New York a cikin 1967 kuma ya canza shi zuwa ɗakin studio mai faɗin murabba'in ƙafa 15,000. Yana tsaye kusa da tsohon tashar jirgin ƙasa na Baltimore Ohio,ɗakin studio na matar Castle,ceramicist da sculptor Nancy Jurs.

Daga 1969 zuwa 1980 Castle koyarwa a kan baiwar Kwalejin a Brockport,Jami'ar Jihar New York.  A cikin 1980,ya buɗe Makarantar Castle ta Wendell a Scottsville. Makarantar ba da riba ta ba da koyarwa kan ingantattun fasahohin aikin itace da ƙirar kayan daki. Tun daga 1988 Makarantar Castle ta Wendell ta zama wani ɓangare na shirin kera kayan daki na Cibiyar Fasaha ta Rochester.

Castle ya shahara don yin amfani da majagaba na amfani da stack-lamination,dabarar aikin itace da ya gabatar a cikin 1960s. An kafa ta ne a kan wata fasaha ta sassaƙa ta ƙarni na 19 da aka yi amfani da ita don yin kwalliyar agwagwa.Stack-lamination ya ƙyale Castle ya ƙirƙiri manyan ɓangarorin itace daga jerin allunan, waɗanda aka sassaƙa kuma aka ƙera su cikin sifofin halittu waɗanda aka fi saninsa da su. 

Castle ya mutu daga cutar sankarar bargo a cikin 2018. Ya rasu ya bar matarsa na shekara hamsin, Nancy Jurs . 

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