William Marshall (mai tukwane)

William "Bill" Marshall (21 Yuli 1923 - 5 Mayu 2007)  ƙwararren mai ginin tukwane ne na Ingila, wanda aka san shi da salon sa da ya yi tasiri a Japan.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Marshall a St Ives, Cornwall, ƙaramin yaro cikin 'ya'ya huɗu. Mahaifinsa babban mai kula da layin dogo ne na Great Western Railway kuma mahaifiyarsa ta sami kulawa sakamakon rashin lafiya lokacin da yake ɗan shekara biyu. Tun daga lokacin, kakarsa da mijinta na biyu suka rene shi a kusa da Halsetown . Ɗan uwansa Kenneth Quick shi ma mai tukwane ne, kuma kakansa maƙerin azurfa ne. 

Yana da shekaru bakwai, ya kamu da cutar tarin fuka a ƙafafunsa, kuma ya yi siriri sosai kuma ya rasa karatu mai yawa. Ya zama ɗan makaranta na farko a yankin St Ives' Leach Pottery yana da shekaru 14, wanda ɗan Bernard Leach David ya zaɓa saboda sha'awarsa da kuma duk da raunin jikinsa.  

 Sana'a 
Duk da cewa an fara yi masa rijista a matsayin "ma'aikaci mai mahimmanci", an tilasta masa shiga Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a shekarar 1942 kuma ya shiga Royal Artillery . Ya sauka a Juno Beach a lokacin saukar jiragen ruwa na Normandy kuma ya tallafa wa sojojin Kanada. Daga nan aka tura shi Elbe a Jamus, kuma daga ƙarshe ya koma St Ives a shekarar 1947 bayan rashin lafiya mai tsanani. [1]

Da ya dawo Leach Pottery, ya fara jefa manyan tukwane masu rikitarwa, ya zama shugabansu. Marshall ya fara ƙirƙirar salon tukwane nasa, wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi daga fassararsa: ba kamar mai ba shi shawara Leach ba, bai taɓa ziyartar ƙasar ba, amma ya koyi game da masu tukwane kamar Kitaoji Rosanjin daga tattaunawa da labarai. Ya yi abota da Shoji Hamada, kuma tasirinsu duka ana iya ganin su a cikin salon adonsa na yau da kullun. 

 Manazarta 
"University of Warwick Art Collection - Large bottle by William Marshall"
Rukuni:Matattun 2007
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1923