Jarko Zavi

Jarko Zavi (1907 – 1987) ɗan ƙasar Kanada ne mai yin yumbu da sassaka, wanda aka haifa a ƙasar Czech, wanda ya rayu kuma ya yi aiki a Ontario. Bayan ya halarci kwalejin fasaha a Czechoslovakia, ya yi aiki a kamfanin Terra na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu, inda ya zama shugaban zane-zanen yumbu.  Zavi ya gudu zuwa Kanada kwanaki biyar kacal kafin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya yi ƙaura, ya auri Nunzia D'Angelo (1900 – 1968), mai yin majolica da tukwane na gargajiya, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu tare.   Da farko an gina su a kan titin Gerrard a Toronto, ma'auratan sun sake suna wa masana'antar kicin ɗinsu suna Ceramic Art Studio. A lokacin yaƙin sun samar da kayan ado iri-iri, waɗanda masu siye ke nema. Kayan da suka samar sun haɗa da kifi na yumbu, dawakai masu gudu, tukwane, masu riƙe kyandir, kwano, tukwane na shayi da 'yan kunne.  Zavi ya yi gwaji da kyau da glazes, kuma ya sami damar samar da launuka waɗanda suka haɗa da ja na ƙasar Sin.  A shekarar 1945, ya sassaka siffar Tomáš Masaryk, shugaban Czechoslovakia na farko, wanda aka bayyana a wani biki na jama'a tare da magajin garin Toronto. 

Zavi da D'Angelo sun ƙaura a shekarar 1946 zuwa wani yanki na karkara a wajen Cobourg, inda Zavi ke son kafa cibiyar fasahar yumbu. [1] A wannan shekarar, ya kasance batun abubuwa biyu da Hukumar Fina-finai ta Ƙasa ta tattauna. [2] Matarsa ta daina aikin studio, duk da cewa ta bayyana a bainar jama'a a matsayin mai zanga-zanga da malami na tsawon shekaru kaɗan a bikin baje kolin ƙasa na Kanada . [1] A shekarar 1959, sun ƙaura zuwa Brighton . [2] Zavi ya ci gaba da aikinsa na studio a matsayin mai fasaha shi kaɗai, wanda aka keɓe daga al'ummar sana'o'i da gidajen tarihi da wuraren adana kayan tarihi. [1] Ya gina gine-ginen yumbunsa da hannunsa, ba tare da waya ko manne-manne ba. Don kayansa na asali, ya yi amfani da yumbun tayal na gona da aka samu a wuraren ajiya kusa da Arnprior . [3] Ayyukan Zavi ba a yaba su a ko'ina ba; wani mai bita a wani baje kolin Ottawa ya ga cewa kayan da aka nuna sun kasance na kasuwanci kuma ba su da ban mamaki, duk da kyawawan ayyukansu. [4] Wani abu da ba a saba gani ba ga wani mai zane na Kanada, ya rayu ne kawai ta hanyar fasahar da ya zaɓa. A cikin 2014, an nuna kusan zane-zanensa 40 zuwa 50 a wani baje kolin kayan tarihi a wani gidan tarihi da ke Brighton. [2]

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1907
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1987