Glen Lukens

Glen William Lukens (1887–1967) ɗan ƙasar Amurka ne mai gyaran yumbu, mai yin gilashi, da kuma mai tsara kayan ado, wanda aka haifa a Missouri. An fi saninsa da sabbin ayyukansa da glazes da kuma gudummawarsa ga kayan ado na zamani.  Lukens ya taimaka wajen share fagen yin yumbu a yau a matsayin ƙwararren masani kan yumbu kuma malami mai nasara.  Lukens ya yi tasiri a cikin Ƙungiyar Tukwane kuma ya ƙalubalanci al'adun masana'antar Tukwane ta Amurka na ƙira, aiki, da kuma ado a shekarun 1930. 

 Rayuwar farko da farkon aikin 
An haifi Glen Lukens a Cowgill, Missouri a shekara ta 1887.

Ya koma Los Angeles, California don zama da aiki a shekarar 1924. Ya taɓa koyar da azuzuwan makarantar sakandare a Fullerton, California kafin ya zama farfesa a Jami'ar Kudancin California inda ya kafa shirin yin yumbu a shekarar 1933 kuma ya koyar da aikin ƙarfe a makarantar gine-gine. [1] Ya shafe shekaru takwas na rayuwarsa yana neman ƙarfen alkaline a cikin Hamadar Mojave wanda zai taimaka masa gano da ƙirƙirar sabon shuɗin gilashi. [1]

 Sana'a 
Babban abin da Lukens ya fi mayar da hankali a kai shi ne fenti da launuka domin yana yawan amfani da molds don yin ainihin jikinsa na yumbu.  Ya ƙirƙiro sabbin fenti da dabaru da dama, kuma ya kasance jagora wajen aiki da sabbin ƙira na yumbu mai kauri.  Bayan lokacin da ya yi a hamada, Lukens ya fara haɗa laushi mai kauri waɗanda ke wakiltar abubuwa daban-daban na hamada kamar itace, yumbu, da kuma tarin duwatsu.  Mutane sun ji daɗin aikin Luken musamman a cikin kayan cin abinci. 

Daga baya Lukens ya shafe shekaru goma sha biyar a matsayin marubuci kuma mai zane a mujallar Popular Ceramics . Ya kuma kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Malaman Fasaha ta Kudancin California.  Lukens a halin yanzu yana da lambar yabo da sunansa ( Glen Lukens Award ) a Makarantar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Kudancin California.

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