Emma Smith Gillies

Emma Smith Gillies (1900–1936) ƙwararren mai tukwane ne ɗan ƙasar Scotland wanda aka fi sani da shi saboda yadda ta fara amfani da tukwane da tukwane da aka fenti a Art Deco . 

 Tukwane 
An haifi Emma Gillies a ƙaramin garin Haddington, a wajen birnin Edinburgh da ke Scotland. A Haddington, Gillies ta shiga Cibiyar Mata ta Yankin Karkara ta Scotland (SWRI) a farkon shekarun 1920 kuma Catherine Blair, wacce ta kafa Cibiyar ta koyar da ita yadda ake yin ado da guraben da aka yi amfani da su a salon Mak'Merry Pottery. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, baiwarta ta jagoranci ta koyar da azuzuwan ado da guraben da aka yi amfani da su ga sabbin membobin SWRI tare da Betty Wright, wacce ta kafa ƙungiyar Mak'Merry Pottery [1]

A shekarar 1929, Gillies ta ƙaura zuwa Edinburgh inda ta fara halartar azuzuwan tukwane a Sashen Zane na Kwalejin Fasaha ta Edinburgh, shirin da kawai ke ba da Azuzuwan Tukwane a Kwalejin.  A can ta yi karatu a ƙarƙashin jagorancin fitaccen mai sassaka kuma Shugaban Makaranta Alexander Carrick har zuwa kammala karatunta a 1932 inda, a zangon karatunta na ƙarshe, ta shiga cikin wani Nunin Aikin Karfe da Tukwane "a 5 Ramsay Lane [a] Edinburgh" wanda aka buga a jaridar Edinburgh The Scotsman a ranar 3 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar.  Ba mako guda ba bayan haka, wannan littafin ya sanar da cewa an ba Gillies kyautar tallafin karatu na tafiya mai darajar fam ɗari ga Kwalejin Fasaha ta London Royal. 

A zangon karatu na gaba, Emma Gillies ta halarci Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal da ke Landan a ƙarƙashin William Staite Murray, ɗaya daga cikin fitattun masana tukwane na Scotland na ƙarni na 20.  Duk da haka, Gillies ba ta iya kammala karatunta a Landan ba saboda rashin lafiya wanda ya tilasta mata komawa gida bayan ta kammala shekara ɗaya kacal. Duk da rashin lafiyarta, an baje kolin Gillies a cikin babban bikin baje kolin fasaha na ƙungiyar masu fasaha ta Scotland a watan Oktoban 1935, inda aka yaba mata sosai kafin rasuwarta tana da shekaru talatin da shida a watan Maris na 1936.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1900