Charles Count

Charles Counts (1934–2000) ɗan ƙasar Amurka ne mai tukwane, mai zane, mai zane a masana'antar yadi, mai gyaran gashi, malami, marubuci, kuma mai fafutuka. Counts ya yi aiki don kiyaye fasahar ƙasarsa ta Appalachia, daga baya ya koma Najeriya inda ya koyar har zuwa mutuwarsa.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Counts a Lynch, Kentucky .  Kakanni Charles wasu daga cikin farkon mazauna Russell County, Virginia ne, waɗanda suka fito daga John & Mary Counts na Glade Hollow, VA 1789. Iyayensa su ne Arthur Richard Counts da Erma Colley Counts.  Ya ƙaura tare da iyayensa zuwa Oak Ridge, Tennessee a 1944.  Counts ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Oak Ridge a 1952 kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Berea, Kentucky.  Tun daga 1893 Kwalejin Berea ta tallafa wa sana'o'in gargajiya na Appalachian kuma tana kula da bita waɗanda ke koyar da fasaha da samar da kayan sana'a.  Dalibai suna da damar yin nazarin fasaha, koyon dabarun gargajiya da kuma samun kuɗin karatunsu.  Counts ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin tukwane da saka a Jami'ar Kudancin Illinois, Carbondale, a 1957,  sannan ya yi karatu a ƙarƙashin ƙwararren tukwane da Bauhaus ya horar, Marguerite Wildenhain a Pond Farm a Guerneville, California.  Ya kuma yi aiki mai zurfi a fannin fasahar yumbu a Jami'ar Kudancin California a ƙarƙashin Carlton Ball da Susan Peterson. 

 Farkon aikina 
Bayan shekaru biyu a rundunar sojin Amurka, [1] Counts ya koma yankin Oak Ridge, Tennessee a shekarar 1959 ya kuma buɗe tukwane a Beaver Ridge . [2] A shekarar 1963, Counts ya ƙaura da aikinsa zuwa Lookout Mountain, Georgia. [3] Wani ƙaramin mazaunin masu fasaha ya taso a New Salem Community kusa da Rising Fawn, Georgia. [4] Ƙungiyar masu fasaha ta samar da wurin da masu tattarawa suka fi mayar da hankali kuma suka ba da gudummawa ga nasarar tattalin arziki na masu fasaha da masu sana'a da ke zaune a yankin. An shirya wani taron shekara-shekara, Plum Nelly Clothesline Crafts Fair, a Rising Fawn ta hanyar wani mai yin bugu a cikin al'ummar mai zane. Charles Counts ya sami tallafin tarayya don shirin koyon yumbu ga mutanen yankin a ɗakin su, The Pottery Shop. Wannan shiga cikin al'umma ya haifar da haɗin gwiwa da ƙungiyar masu yin barguna na gargajiya na gida, The Rising Fawn Quilters. [5] Masana tarihi sun yi nuni da cewa yumbu da saka tare da Motsin Komawa Ƙasa na shekarun 60 da 70 sun yi tasiri sosai kan ci gaban barguna na studio. [6]

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1934