Alice Cling

Alice Williams Cling ( Navajo, an haife ta a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1946)  ƙwararriyar mai yin tukwane ce ta 'yan asalin Amurka kuma mai yin tukwane, wadda aka sani da ƙirƙirar tukwane masu kyau da kirkire-kirkire waɗanda ke da launuka ja, shunayya, launin ruwan kasa da baƙi waɗanda ke da launuka masu kyau da sheƙi, suna kawo sauyi ga ayyukan fasaha.   Masu suka sun yi jayayya cewa ita ce mafi mahimmancin mai yin tukwane na Navajo na shekaru 25 da suka gabata.  

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Cling a Cow Springs, Arizona, a yankin Tonalea na ƙasar Navajo .  

A shekarar 1966, Cling ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Intermountain Indian School da ke Brigham City, Utah .  

 Sana'a 
Cling ta koyi sana'ar tukwane daga mahaifiyarta, Rose Williams, da kuma kakanta, Grace Barlow . An ƙirƙiri tukwanen ne daga yumbu da aka samu kusa da yankin Black Mesa a Gundumomin Apache-Navajo a Arizona, sannan a yi amfani da itacen juniper wajen harba su a waje, tare da tsarin harba su yana ƙara launin yumbun. [1] Cling da mahaifiyarta da goggonta su ne suka ɗauki nauyin farfaɗo da tukwanen gargajiya na Navajo. [2]

Cling ma'aikaciyar tukwane ce mai na'urar yin tukwane, kuma ita ce ma'aikaciyar tukwane ta farko ta Navajo da ta yi amfani da dutse mai santsi don goge tukwanenta maimakon masarar gargajiya.   Ana ɗaukar tukwanenta a matsayin wanda ba shi da amfani, wanda hakan ya nuna babban sauyi daga aiki zuwa fasaha.  

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1946