Gus McLaren

Gus McLaren (1923 - 29 ga Agusta 2008) ƙwararren mai zane ne na ƙasar Australiya, mai zane-zane da kuma mai tukwane.

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Gus ya yi aiki a rundunar sojin Ostiraliya. A nan ya zana allunan tanti na shakatawa ga sojojin Ostiraliya da suka ji rauni da kuma waɗanda ke tare da su - yanzu haka aikin yana nan a wurin tunawa da Yaƙin Ostiraliya da ke Canberra. A matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar Occupation a 1946, Gus ya yi tafiya zuwa Japan don koyar da fasaha ga Jafanawa kuma a can ya haɗu kuma wani matashi mai zane mai ban dariya, mai suna Les Tanner wanda ke aiki a BECON (British and Allied Forces Newspaper) ya yi masa hira. Abota ta ci gaba har tsawon shekaru hamsin masu zuwa, har zuwa mutuwar Les Tanner a 2001. Bayan yaƙin, Gus ya koma Sydney inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane mai zane da mai zane na Daily Telegraph da Women's Weekly kafin ya koma gida zuwa Melbourne inda ya yi aiki a jaridar The Argus, a matsayin mai zane mai ban dariya "Just Gus". Ya fara yin tukwane da Reg Preston a 1955 kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Potters Cottage a 1958 a Warrandyte, Victoria . Shi da matarsa Betty McLaren, sun gina tukwane na Yarraridge, kuma tare da su, sun samar da ayyuka masu yawa. Wannan ya haɗa da kayan da aka yi da ƙafafu da kuma waɗanda aka yi da hannu, da kuma nau'ikan zane-zanen da Gus ya tsara kuma Betty ta yi wa ado. Waɗannan zane-zanen har yanzu Betty tana amfani da su don yin zane-zanen da ake sayarwa daga McLaren Pottery da ke gabar tekun kudu maso gabashin New South Wales .

Gus McLaren yana da ayyukan gini na yumbu a cikin tarin kayan jama'a da na masu zaman kansu. Lokacin da Potters Cottage ta yi bikin cika shekaru 45 a shekarar 2003, ya halarci bikin baje kolin.

Yana da aiki mai yawa a fina-finan zane-zane masu rai. A shekarar 1962, ya jagoranci shirin zane-zane na farko da aka yi wa talabijin na Australiya, Freddo the Frog, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin masu zane-zane da suka yi aiki a kan Grendel, Grendel, da Grendel, wani cikakken fim mai rai wanda ke sake ba da labarin Beowulf wanda aka fitar a shekarar 1981 .

Gus McLaren ya mutu a Merimbula a ranar 29 ga Agusta 2008.

 Manazarta 

 Freddo the Frog, Fanfare films, Pty, Ltd, 1962 (Taskar Fina-finai da Sauti ta Ƙasa, Lamba ta 138534).
 Geoff Ford, Encyclopedia of Australian Potter's Marks, bugu na 2, Wodonga (Victoria): Salt Glaze Press, 2002, shafi. 159.
 Karen Hodge, "Majagaba na Potters sun sake yin nasara," Diamond Valley News, 8 Oktoba 2003, 10.
 Kenneth Hood (Nuwamba 1964), "Nunin Canberra", Pottery a Ostiraliya, vol. 1, no. 2, Nuwamba 1964, p. 4. da kuma hoton murfin.
 Gus McLaren, "Kwano (1974) na yumbu, kayan dutse", Binciken Tarin Hotunan Ƙasa na Ostiraliya (an duba a ranar 22 ga Yuni 2007).
 Gus McLaren, "87/357 Bull, kayan dutse masu ƙira, Gus McLaren, Ostiraliya, 1970-1972", Tarin Gidan Tarihi na Powerhouse Search 2.2 (an duba a ranar 22 ga Yuni 2007).
 Michael Winkler, "Lokacin da na koma baya", The Age (theage.com.au), 13 Yuni 2002.
 Shafin yanar gizo na McLaren Pottery na hukuma, mclaren-pottery.com (an duba a ranar 30 ga Yuli 2008.
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1923