Hans Coper

Hans Coper (8 Afrilu 1920  – 16 Yuni 1981) ƙwararren mai zane ne na Burtaniya wanda aka haifa a Jamus. Ayyukansa galibi suna haɗuwa da na Lucie Rie saboda kusancinsu, duk da cewa ayyukansu da aka fi sani sun bambanta sosai, tare da Rie ba shi da sassaka, yayin da na Coper ya fi kama da na zahiri, amma kuma koyaushe yana aiki.  Coper koyaushe yana yin tasoshin aiki, galibi kwantena don furanni (tukwane), 'ya'yan itace (kwano), ko kyandirori (masu riƙe kyandir), gami da aiki a Coventry Cathedral da gidan taro na Jami'ar Sussex . Ya yi ƙaramin rukuni na Figures a cikin shekarun hamsin, waɗanda ba jiragen ruwa ba ne kuma ba a taɓa sayar da su ba.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Coper a Chemnitz, Jamus, kuma ya gudu zuwa Burtaniya a shekarar 1939. An tsare shi a matsayin baƙon abokin gaba, kuma an tsare shi a Kanada na tsawon shekaru biyu; bayan ya dawo Birtaniya a shekarar 1942, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ƙin yarda da aikinsa a cikin Rundunar Sojojin da ba ta Yaƙi ba .

A shekarar 1946, ba tare da wani gogewa a fannin tukwane ba, ya fara aiki a matsayin mataimaki a ɗakin studio na Lucie Rie .  Rie da Coper sun yi shayi da kofuna da miyar miya tare. Lokacin da ya tafi a shekarar 1958 don kafa ɗakin studio nasa a Digswell House da ke Hertfordshire, an riga an san shi da mai tukwane a matsayin nasa, yana gwaji da ƙarin siffofi masu ban mamaki waɗanda a lokacin ake ɗaukar su a matsayin mafiya fifiko. Saboda nasarar aikinsa, ya ci gaba da zama babban mutum a cikin ƙungiyar tukwane ta studio na ƙarni na 20. A cikin shekarun 1960 ya koyar da tukwane a Makarantar Fasaha ta Camberwell da Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal . Ya mutu a Frome, Somerset a shekarar 1981 sakamakon cutar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .

Coper yakan yi amfani da dabarar tukwane wajen yin aikinsa, sannan ya gyara ya haɗa shi da hannu don ya cimma siffar da aka gama. Saboda haka, duk da cewa an yi shi a kan dabaran, aikinsa yana da inganci na sassaka, amma koyaushe yana aiki. Saman tukwanensa galibi suna da laushi da launi mai kama da oxides, musamman manganese oxide . Tukwanensa na musamman suna ɗaukar siffofi masu kama da juna wanda ya kira Spade, Bud, Cup, Egg, Flower and Arrow.

An nuna ayyukan Coper sosai kuma an tattara su har ma a rayuwarsa. A yau, ana samun su a cikin tarin manyan gidajen tarihi a duniya, ciki har da Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan, Gidan Tarihi na Victoria da Albert, Gidan Tarihi na Fundatie, Cibiyar Sainsbury da ke Norwich ta Burtaniya, da kuma Gidan Tarihi na York, da kuma a cikin tarin kayan tarihi na sirri a duk duniya. Daga cikin ayyukansa da aka fi sani akwai saitin kyandirori shida masu tsawon ƙafa bakwai a kan babban bagadi a Coventry Cathedral, wanda aka ƙaddamar a 1962. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920