Reg Preston

Reg Preston (18 Maris 1917 – 14 Yuni 2000) ya yi karatun sassaka a Makarantar Fasaha ta Westminster da ke Landan, a shekarar 1938. A farkon Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ya koma Ostiraliya kuma ya yi watanni uku a shekarar 1944 yana yin tukwane a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Melbourne tare da John A. Barnard Knight da Klytie Pate . A tsawon shekarun 1945–1946, ya yi aiki a Cooper da Cooke's Pottery.

A shekarar 1947, ya kafa ɗakin yin tukwane a Warrandyte kuma ya yi aiki na cikakken lokaci a matsayin mai yin tukwane mai zaman kansa. Domin samun abin rayuwa, ya samar da kayayyaki iri-iri na gida kamar kofunan kofi, da kuma manyan kayan ado kamar kwano da tukwane. A shekarar 1958, Preston da matarsa, Phil Dunn, sun kafa gidan Potters' Cottage a Warrandyte, Victoria, tare da Gus McLaren, Charles Wilton, da Artur Halpern. [1]

A tsawon wannan lokacin, ya ci gaba da aiki a fannin kayan ƙasa. Na ɗan lokaci, yana da sha'awar yin aiki da al'adar kayan slipware ta Ingila kuma yana da sha'awar amfani da kayan Aboriginal motifs. A shekarun 1960, Preston da Dunn sun samar da layi a ƙarƙashin sunan "Ceres", kuma Preston da McLaren suma sun samar da layi a ƙarƙashin sunan 'Regus'. A shekarar 1967, Preston ya fara aiki a fannin kayan dutse. Wataƙila Preston ya fi shahara da aikinsa a fannin kayan dutse, galibi manyan kayan ado masu ƙarfi, da kuma kayansa masu siffar murfi tare da kayan gilashi masu kyau da aka zuba ko aka goge su da wasu kayan ƙarfe. Ya yi aiki sosai har zuwa shekarun 1980, yana samar da manyan kayan ado tare da kayan gilashi masu kyau da kuma kayan ado masu ƙarfi.

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Known potter #3: Reg Preston « Australian Pottery
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1917