John Glick

John Parker Glick (1 Yuli 1938 - 6 Afrilu 2017) ƙwararren mai yin yumbu ne na Amurka.  Duk da cewa yana buɗe ga gwaje-gwajen fasaha, Glick ya fi tasiri ga salo da kyawun tukwane na Asiya - wani abin wahayi da ke nuna yadda yake amfani da zane-zanen ado da zaɓin gilashi.  Kwarewarsa wajen aiki da yumbu ya sa ya buga labarai da dama game da sana'ar. Baya ga samar da tukwane, Glick ya fara yin allunan bango "masu shimfidar wuri" a ƙarshen aikinsa.  Wanda aka sani da "mai ginin tukwane na mutane," ana tunawa da shi musamman saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga fasaha da fannin tukwane. 

Glick ya gudanar da aikin sitidiyonsa, Plum Tree Pottery, a Farmington Hills, Michigan, daga 1964 zuwa 2016. 

 Ilimi da aiki 
An haifi John Glick a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1938 a Detroit, Michigan .  Glick, ɗan iyaye biyu ne kuma yana da sha'awar fasaha, ya fara rayuwarsa ne da kerawa. Mahaifinsa, manajan shagon kayan abinci, yana da sha'awar aikin lambu da fenti; mahaifiyarsa, mai gyaran gida, tana jin daɗin girki, dinki, da sana'o'i.  Tun yana ƙarami, an haɗa Glick cikin ayyukan iyayensa, kuma ya fara karatun fasaha a hukumance a makarantar sakandare. 

A matsayinsa na ɗalibi a Jami'ar Jihar Wayne, Glick ya yi karatun ilimin ƙasa na tsawon zangon karatu ɗaya, amma nan da nan ya yanke shawarar yin babban aiki a fannin yumbu da aikin ƙarfe.  Ya sami digirinsa na BFA a 1960.  Yana karatu a ƙarƙashin Maija Grotell mai ilimin yumbu a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Cranbrook, ya sami digirinsa na MFA a 1962.   Bayan kammala karatunsa, an ɗauki Glick aiki a rundunar sojojin Amurka har zuwa 1964. A wannan lokacin, an tura shi zuwa Yammacin Jamus, a wani gari da ke da gidajen tukwane masu yawa na gishiri.  Da yake tattaunawa da waɗannan tukwane, Glick ya ƙarfafa ƙudurinsa na yin aiki na cikakken lokaci a matsayin tukwane a ɗakin studio ɗinsa. 

Bayan ya dawo gida Michigan daga aikin soja a shekarar 1964, Glick ya kafa ɗakin aikinsa, Plum Tree Pottery. [1] A tsawon aikinsa, Glick, wanda wani mai tattara zane-zane da ya haɗu da shi ya ƙarfafa shi, ya yanke shawarar fara tarin ayyukansa na kansa. Fiye da shekaru 50, ya adana kusan guda 1,000 - adadi mai yawa, amma ƙaramin ɓangare ne na jimlar kayan aikin da ya ƙirƙira. [2] Kodayake Glick ya yarda cewa adana waɗannan ayyukan yana da wahala "domin ya kamata su kasance a duniya," sai ya sami damar amfani da wannan tarin kayan aikin a matsayin taimako ga ɗaliban koyon aiki 33 da mazauna waɗanda ya yi aiki tare da su a Plum Tree Pottery. [2] Ya gudanar da ɗakin studio har zuwa 2016, lokacin da shi da matarsa, Susie Symons, suka ƙaura zuwa California don su kasance kusa da iyalansu. [3]

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2017
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1938