Gidan Blockhouse na Boston

Kamfanin Blockhouse na Boston ya kasance wani kamfani na farko na fasaha da zane-zane na tsofaffin ɗalibai daga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Massachusetts da ke Boston, Massachusetts wanda ya buɗe ƙofofinsa a 1947.  Masu sana'ar Blockhouse, musamman Janet Doub Erickson wacce ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a makarantar fasaha ta wancan lokacin, ta tsara kuma ta samar da kayan yadi na asali waɗanda suka haɗa da labule, rataye bango, lilin tebur, gyaran tufafi da sauran zane-zane. Kamfanin ya ƙware a fannin zane-zanen linoleum - wanda kuma aka sani da linocuts - da buga allo . An san Blockhouse da amfani da jigogi da zane-zane na New England waɗanda suka haɗu da zane-zane masu ƙarfi na ƙabilu  a wasu lokutan ana wahayi zuwa gare su da fasahar kafin Columbia kuma wani lokacin da zane-zane na zamani .  Kamar yadda wata 'yar jarida ta bayyana wasu daga cikin wahayin da babbar mai tsara zane ta Blockhouse Janet Doub Erickson ta yi a cikin wani bayanin martaba na 1952, "ta je New Guinea don zane mai suna 'Checkerboard', zuwa China don zane mai suna "Quan-Yin", zuwa Guatemala don "Mayan Stele," da kuma wurin ajiyar kayan tarihi na Arewa maso Yammacin Indiya don "Totemotif." 

Duk da haka, sau da yawa tana zama a gida kawai, tana neman wahayi a cikin gine-gine da tarihin Boston da garuruwan da ke kewaye da ita a New England.

 Asali, tsari, tasiri, da gado 

 Asalin 
An kafa Blockhouse a shekarar 1947 ta ɗalibai goma sha biyu da tsofaffin ɗalibai na Kwalejin Fasaha ta Massachusetts, [1] ya yi ƙoƙarin "ba wa masu fasaha damar kafa dangantaka mai daraja da riba tare da jama'a masu siye." Takardar Bayyana Jama'a ta Blockhouse ta Boston]] Masu kafa Blockhouse sun bayyana manufar Blockhouse kamar haka:"Yadin da aka buga da hannu a Blockhouse samfuri ne na ƙungiyar masu fasaha da ke neman sabuwar hanya mai amfani ga zamantakewa don bayyana baiwar su. Muna fatan zane-zanenmu za su kasance cikin sabon hangen nesa kuma an aiwatar da su da ƙwarewar fasaha, za su ba da gudummawa ga kuma ƙarfafa sha'awar ƙirar zamani yayin da take haɓaka zuwa ga wani salon magana na duniya baki ɗaya."

 Manazarta 
Newsletter, Alumni Association of the Massachusetts School of Art, March, 1948 “Block House”