Virgil Ortiz

**Virgil Ortiz** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1969) mai zane ne a Pueblo, wanda aka san shi da ƙirar tukwane da salon sa daga Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico . Ortiz yana yin nau'ikan tukwane iri-iri, gami da tukwane na gargajiya na Cochiti, tukwane na gwaji, da tasoshin tukwane na gargajiya. Tufafinsa da ƙirar kayan adonsa suna da tasiri ta hanyar tsari da kyawun 'yan asalin Amurka. Ya fi shahara da siffofin tukwane masu ban sha'awa, da kuma salon zamani na zane-zanen tukwane na gargajiya na Cochiti ( *monos* ) tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1800.

## Game da
An haifi Virgil Ortiz a shekarar 1969 a Cochiti Pueblo da ke New Mexico kuma shi ne ƙaramin yaro cikin yara shida.  Yana cikin dangin Herrera na masu tukwane na Pueblo a New Mexico, waɗanda ayyukansu galibi ana samun su a cikin tarin fasaha da kuma a gidajen tarihi na fasaha.  Mahaifiyar Virgil ita ce mai tukwane mai suna Seferina Ortiz (1931–2007) kuma jika ce ga mai tukwane na Cochiti, Laurencita Herrera (1912–1984).  Mahaifiyarsa ta koya masa yin tukwane na gargajiya na Cochiti pueblo. "Tunani bai taɓa shiga zuciyata ba na zama wani abu banda mai zane da mai tsara kayan ado. Fasaha tana cikin jinina," in ji shi.  'Yan'uwansa uku kuma masu tukwane ne, Inez Ortiz, Joyce Lewis, da Janice Ortiz.  

Virgil ya lashe kyautarsa ta farko a Kasuwar Indiya ta Santa Fe yana da shekaru 14. [1] "Na girma ina shiga Kasuwar Indiya, lokaci ne mai daɗi ga iyalina," in ji shi. [1] Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 16, Virgil Ortiz ya zama mai fasaha mai nasara kuma ya fara tafiya. "Zan yi wasan kwaikwayo, in sayar da tukwane in adana," in ji shi a wata hira. "Da kuɗin da aka adana zan ɗauki abokina mu yi tafiya zuwa birane daban-daban -- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles -- kuma na sami damar dandana al'adu daban-daban." Virgil ya ja hankalinsa ga yanayin kulab ɗin dare. A can ya ga mutane da yawa da zane-zane da huda waɗanda suka tunatar da shi siffofin Cochiti na shekarun 1800.

"An yi min wahayi zuwa ga ƙirƙirar hotunan abin da na gani, ya ba ni 'yanci da sanin cewa ba ni mai kirkire-kirkire ba ne ko ma in fita daga al'ada, a zahiri ni mai farkawa ne," in ji shi. 

Ayyukan Virgil suna da tasiri sosai kuma sun mai da hankali kan abubuwan tarihi kamar juyin juya halin Pueblo na 1680.  Ta hanyar aikinsa, mai zane, Virgil Ortiz yana fatan koya wa sabbin tsararrun masu fasahar tukwane tarihin hanyoyin mutanensa da abin da ya faru da mutanensa. "Ana iya ganin waɗannan guntun a matsayin ƙarshen yaƙin neman zaɓe na Ortiz don ilmantar da duniya game da abin da ya kira "juyin juya halin Amurka na farko."  Ilmantar da mutane game da gadonsa shine abin da ke ƙarfafa shi a cikin aikinsa na musamman daban-daban. Wahayin Virgil Ortiz ya fito ne daga haɗa hanyoyin gargajiya na Cochiti da Sci-Fi na zamani. A cewar Cibiyar Fasaha ta Colorado Springs, wahayinsa ya fito ne daga Star Wars yayin da yake yawan barin kasuwannin tukwane don ƙara faɗaɗa ƙaunarsa ga zamani na kimiyyar kimiyya . "Kusan shekaru ashirin, Virgil Ortiz ya ba da labarin Juyin Juya Halin Pueblo na 1680 ta hanyar zane-zanensa, kuma a lokaci guda ya sa ya fi dacewa da jan hankali ga tsara mai zuwa ta hanyar amfani da fasahar zamani don haɗa abubuwan tarihi da tatsuniyoyi na kimiyyar kimiyya - yi tunanin Star Wars, Prometheus, The Avengers, da Justice League . Zaɓuɓɓukan kayansa da dabarunsa sun samo asali ne daga baya, yayin da hotunansa na zamani ne kuma na gaba."  Ta hanyar tukwanensa, Virgil Ortiz yana haɓaka tushen gargajiyarsa kuma yana haɗa su da jujjuyawar masu hangen nesa.

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