Linda Gass

**Linda Gass** yar fafutukar kare muhalli ce kuma mai zane Ba’amurke wacce aka sani da shimfidar siliki masu launin siliki, ayyukan muhalli, da sassaka-fasa na jama'a, waɗanda ke nuna sha'awarta ga kiyaye muhalli, kiyaye ruwa da amfani da ƙasa.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Gass kuma ya girma a California. Ta halarci Jami'ar Brandeis na tsawon shekaru biyu kafin ta koma Jami'ar Stanford, inda ta kammala digiri a fannin Lissafi (BS, '81) da Kimiyyar Computer (MS, '83). Ta shafe shekaru 10 a matsayin injiniyan software tana aiki ga Adobe Inc., kafin ta canza zuwa aikin fasaha na cikakken lokaci a cikin 1993. Gass tana aiki da fiber tun tana karama, kasancewar kakarta ta koya mata dinki da yin kwalliya.

## Sana'a
Gass tana magance matsalolin muhalli ta hanyar fasaharta, kamar lalata wuraren dausayi, kiyaye ruwa da sarrafa albarkatun ƙasa, maido da wuraren zama, da buƙatar ƙarin ci gaba mai dorewa. Gass kuma yana shiga cikin Acterra da Green Town Los Altos, ƙungiyoyin muhalli na gida. Ayyukanta suna magance ƙalubalen tasirin muhalli da ci gaba ya haifar, da farko zuwa yankunan California da sauran jihohin yamma.

Gass ta fara aikinta na fasaha da zanen launi na ruwa sannan ta fara zanen siliki. Da farko ta yi zanen siliki don kayan zane-zane, ta canza zuwa zanen bangon bango, wanda daga nan ta fara yin kwalliya[3]. Salon sa hannunta na shimfidar shimfidar wurare yana kawo wayar da kan jama'a ta hanyar amfani da tsayayyen dinki da ake amfani da shi don sake ƙirƙirar taswira da hotunan iska. Gass yana binciken wuraren ta hanyar hotuna na tarihi da ziyartan kai tsaye. Karɓar kyaututtukan zumunci ya baiwa Linda damar bincika sabbin hanyoyin fasaha da matsakaici kamar gilashi.

Yayin da aka saba gina kayan kwalliyar gargajiya daga guntun masana'anta, Gass'sculptural sculptural quilts ana yin su ne daga farar siliki crepe de chine guda ɗaya. Irin wannan siliki yana karɓar rini mai kama da takarda mai launi. Farar zanen siliki mai haske da dabara an yi masa fentin hannu da rini na siliki, mai leda tare da batting mai tsayi, da kuma dinkin inji. An sassaƙa batting ta hanyar sanya sutura; dinkin yana danne batting, yana samar da wurare daban-daban na tsayi da kwaruruka don yin koyi da yanayin da ake so. Layukan da aka dinka suna samar da ƙarin ƙirar ƙira a cikin zane-zane gabaɗaya.

## Sanannen ayyuka a gidajen tarihi da tarin masu zaman kansu
Gidan Tarihi na Duniya na Quilt, Lincoln, NE, Bayan Zinare Rush, tarin gidan kayan gargajiya na dindindin

Kaiser Redwood City Medical Building, Redwood City, CA, kwafin dijital shida don tarin fasahar asibiti

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bakar Precision Cancer Medical Building, Ofishin Jakadancin Bay, San Francisco, CA, A Canji, tarin dindindin

Jami'ar Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3 zane-zane, tarin dindindin.

Cibiyar Kapor don Tasirin Jama'a, Oakland, CA, Jerin Amfani da ƙasa, tarin dindindin

San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, A kan Edge II,  tarin dindindin

Gas Pacific da Lantarki LEED Certified Building, San Ramon, CA, 3 artworks, dindindin tarin

## Fitattun ayyuka a wuraren jama'a
2023 Bascom Avenue araha Housing Project, San Jose, CA, gilashin taga zane (shigo mai zuwa)[9]

2021 Birnin Los Altos Community Center, Los Altos, CA, 2 zanen bango (a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiya).

Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiyar Muhalli ta 2019 Alameda County, Alameda, CA, 3 zane-zane zuwa tarin dindindin

2017 Gabas Palo Alto, Rayayyun Al'ummar Shoreline sun Shigar da Gidan Fasaha na Ƙasa a Cooley Landing, Palo Alto, CA, Shigar da Fasahar Ƙasa.

2016 Birnin Palo Alto, Art in Public Places Collection, Palo Alto, CA, Jiyya, bugawa, tarin dindindin.

2015 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, 3 artworks, dindindin tarin.

2013 Alameda County San Lorenzo Renovation Project, San Lorenzo, CA, zane-zane da aka nuna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin biyar na ƙarshe.

Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka na 2012 a Moscow, Art a Shirin Ofishin Jakadancin, Moscow, Rasha, zane-zane 9 da aka tsara, wanda aka nuna akan lamuni.

2011 Birnin Palo Alto, Art in Public Places Collection, Palo Alto, CA, Wetland Musings, tarin dindindin.

2009 Birnin Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, CA, A kan Edge I, tarin dindindin.

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