Harry Davis (mai tukwane)

Harry Clemens Davis (20 Nuwamba 1910 - 7 Yuli 1986) ɗan ƙasar Welsh ne mai ginin tukwane na New Zealand, kuma mijin May Davis .

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Davis a Cardiff, Wales a shekarar 1910,  ɗa ɗaya tilo ga uwa ɗaya daga cikin 'yan ƙasar Switzerland kuma mahaifinta ɗan Ingila. Ya yi karatu a Switzerland da Ingila, kuma ya iya Jamusanci sosai. Bayan makaranta an tura shi Makarantar Fasaha ta Bournemouth inda aka yi wa ɗaliban da ke koyon tukwane rajista da yawa. Ba tare da tsoro ba, ya yi aiki a ɗakin tukwane bayan sa'o'i, yana fitar da manyan tukwane masu yawa waɗanda suka jawo hankalin shugaban makaranta. An tura shi zuwa Broadstone Potters, kusa da Poole, wanda Lancelot Cayley Shadwell da Mary Longbottom suka kafa a shekarar 1928.  Da farko, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai yin ado, wanda ke da alhakin jerin "Joyous Pottery", amma ba da daɗewa ba ya nuna sha'awar dukkan fannoni na sana'ar. Ya zo ƙarƙashin kulawar wani Mr. Bean wanda ya koya masa ƙwarewar da ake buƙata a wurin tukwane.

Bayan rasuwar Broadstone Potters a shekarar 1933, ya nemi aiki tare da mai ginin tukwane, Bernard Leach, kuma ya ƙare yana aiki a gare shi da David Leach a Leach Pottery da ke St Ives, Cornwall . Davis ya yaba da ƙwarewar da ya samu daga Bernard Leach, musamman don inganta kyawunsa na kayan yumbu. A wannan lokacin ya shafe sa'o'i da yawa a gidajen tarihi na London, yana yin rubuce-rubuce da zane-zanen tukwane da ya ga suna da ban sha'awa.

Ya bar St Ives a shekarar 1937 don zama Shugaban Makarantar Fasaha a Kwalejin Achimota da ke bakin Tekun Gold ( Ghana ta yanzu). A nan ya duba yiwuwar ƙera tayal, tubali da tukwane. A Landan a shekarar 1938 ya auri May Davis, wacce ya haɗu da ita a Leach Pottery, kuma ta raka shi a lokacin dawowarsa Afirka. Barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ta sa May ya makale a Ingila, Harry kuma ya kasance a Afirka. Ya ci gaba da zama har zuwa 1942, yana samun hanyoyin samun yumbu da gilashi na gida. Davis ya ba da shawarar cewa Michael Cardew ya gaje shi.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1986
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1910