Fred Uhl Ball

Fred Uhl Ball (1945-1985) ɗan ƙasar Amurka ne mai zane-zane . Yana da ayyukan da aka tattara a Gidan Tarihi na Smithsonian American Art. An fi saninsa da The Way Home wanda ya ce shine fassararsa ta kallon sararin samaniya na Kogin Sacramento.  Ya mutu bayan wani mummunan hari a shekarar 1985 kuma har yanzu ba a warware kisan nasa ba.

 Rayuwar kai da ilimi 
An haifi Fred Uhl Ball a Oakland, California a shekarar 1945. Mahaifiyarsa, Kathryn Uhl, mai zane ce kuma mai zane mai zane wanda ke koyar da zane-zanen rayuwa a Kwalejin Mills kuma mahaifinsa, F. Carlton Ball, mai zane ne wanda ke jagorantar sashen fasaha a Mills. Kakansa, George Uhl, maƙerin azurfa ne. Wannan tasirin iyali da kuma shiga cikin fasaha ya ƙarfafa shi ya bincika zane-zane masu kyau a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa. Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 11, ya nuna aikinsa kuma ya yi zanga-zangar nuna zane-zane a bikin baje kolin jihar California . [1] Ya sami digirinsa na farko da na biyu a fannin zane-zane daga Jami'ar Jihar Sacramento . Ya zauna kuma ya yi aiki a Sacramento . A watan Satumba na 1985, an yi masa fashi kuma an yi masa duka a wajen ɗakin studio ɗinsa. [2] Ya mutu watanni uku bayan haka sakamakon raunukan da ya samu a lokacin harin. [3]

 Zane mai kyau 
A farkon shekarun 1970, ya fara gwada sanya enamel masu kunna tocila a kan siririn allon foil na tagulla kamar wani abu mai kama da collage . Ball ya kuma bincika amfani da tagulla a matsayin saman ta hanyar fallasa farin enamel a yanayin zafi daban-daban don ƙirƙirar launuka daban-daban na launin tagulla.  Waɗannan gwaje-gwajen farko, waɗanda aka bayyana a matsayin waɗanda ba na al'ada ba, sun kuma sa shi ya bincika sikelin wuta da enamel na ruwa, waɗanda suka zama ruwan dare a cikin enamel a yau.  A cikin 1972 ya buga littafinsa na farko, "Dabarun Gwaji a Enamel." 

An fi sanin Ball da manyan zane-zanen bango . A shekarar 1976 ya shiga cikin Dokar Aiki da Horarwa ta Sacramento da gwamnatin tarayya ta ba shi tallafi, wanda ya ba shi damar ƙirƙirar babban zane na farko a Cibiyar Al'umma ta Sacramento . Ya kuma ƙirƙiri zane mai tsawon ƙafa 6 da ƙafa 62  a garejin ajiye motoci na Sacramento, ɗaya daga cikin manyan zane-zanen enamel, mai suna The Way Home. Wannan zane ya ƙunshi 1,488, kowannensu 12 da 12 inci,  tayal ɗin enamel da aka sanya a cikin bangarori waɗanda aka ɗaure su da bangon siminti.  Nasarar da ya samu a matsayin mai zane-zanen zane ya ba shi damar samun abin rayuwa ta hanyar kwamitocin da kuma damar ci gaba da gwaji da fasaha. Babban ɓangare na kwamitocinsa sun fito ne daga abokan cinikin kamfanoni a Sacramento, gami da aikin The Great Sacramento Valley a Sutter General Hospital wanda, bayan mutuwarsa, mahaifiyarsa da mai zane Bruce Beck suka kammala shi a watan Disamba, 1986. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1985
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1945