Ian Sprague

Ian Broun Sprague (1920–1994) wani mai ginin tukwane ne na Australiya na ƙarni na ashirin, mai sassaka yumbu da kuma mai zane-zane. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya jinkirta shi kuma ya fara yin zane-zane na ƙarya, ya shafe (gabaɗaya) shekarunsa na arba'in yana daidaita tukwanen cikin gida na Australiya zuwa ga salon Japan na amfani da tunani;  shekarunsa na hamsin a matsayin mai sassaka tukwane mai girma biyu da uku; shekarunsa na sittin da saba'in yana yin ayyukan shimfidar wuri a kan takarda.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Sprague a Geelong, Victoria, Ostiraliya, a shekarar 1920. Shi ne ɗa na shida kuma na ƙarshe ga Leslie Sprague, mai kiwo mai arziki [1] da Marion Broun, wanda aka haifa a Armidale, zuriyar baronets na Scotland Broun . [2] [3] [4] Ya yi karatu a Geelong Grammar . [5] An horar da shi a matsayin mai zanen gine-gine, Sprague ya yi Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a AIF a New Guinea a matsayin jami'in sigina . [6] Bayan yaƙin, ya je Jami'ar Melbourne kuma ya kammala karatun digiri a fannin gine-gine a shekarar 1950. [7] Amma ya ga shekaru goma da suka biyo baya a ofisoshin gine-gine a Melbourne da London abin gajiya ne kuma ba ya gamsarwa. [8] [9] Sprague yana da shekaru 6 Tsawonsa ya kai ƙafa 1 inci, gashi mai kyau da idanu masu shuɗi. [6] Ya halarci liyafar Gidan Gwamnati [10] kuma a matsayinsa na mafi kyawun mutum a bukukuwan aure na zamani, [11] [12] amma ɗan luwaɗi ne, kuma bai taɓa yin aure ba. A wani hutun tuƙi a Scotland a 1957, ya yi hatsarin mota wanda ya sa shi a asibiti na tsawon watanni biyar. Gudu ɗaya ya lalace har abada kuma yana yawan ciwo. Likitan tiyata ya ba da shawarar ya dawo da ƙarfin hannunsa ta hanyar ɗaukar sana'a. [13]

 Tukwane 
Sprague ya halarci Makarantar Fasaha da Sana'o'i ta Tsakiya ta London daga 1958 zuwa 1960. Ya yi watanni biyu a gidan tukwane na David Leach da ke Devon.  Ya koma Ostiraliya a watan Fabrairun 1962, yana shirin yin tukwane na ɗabi'a a cikin al'adar Anglo-Japanese wanda Bernard Leach, mahaifin David, ya kafa. Sprague ya sayi wani fili mai girman eka 15 a Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria.

 Manazarta 
The eloquent Taoist anthem of truth to materials, to clay, to glaze, to technique", John Teschendorff, "Introduction to the Ceramics Collection" in Young, Michael (1988). Catalogue of the Victorian State Craft Collection. North Melbourne, Victoria: Meat Market Craft Centre. ISBN 0724172068.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1994
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920