Masu sana'a (Faransanci: mai sana'a, Italiyanci: artigiano) ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru ne waɗanda ke yin hannu ko ƙirƙirar abubuwan da za su iya zama masu aiki ko kayan ado zalla.Masu sana'ar gonar Vineyard guda biyar da suka dogara da sana'a suna raba mana cikakkun bayanai game da sana'arsu, da kuma tunaninsu kan fasaha da fasaha.
Na yi digiri a fannin injiniyan injiniya, sannan na yi aiki a Gannon da Benjamin na kusan shekara biyar ina yin kwale-kwale na katako, kuma kamar na yi digiri na biyu a injiniyan injiniya.
Bayan Gannon da Benjamin, na yi aiki tare da matasa masu laifi a Makarantar Tsibirin Penikese, inda ni mutum ne mai ƙwazo domin aikina shi ne in fito da ayyukan da za a yi da yara.Yana da ƙarancin yanayi na fasaha tare da ruwan sanyi da ƙarancin wutar lantarki… Na yanke shawarar cewa ina so in shiga aikin ƙarfe da baƙin ƙarfe shine kawai abin da ke da ma'ana.Ya welded wani tsohon jabu ya fara guduma can.Haka abin ya fara a cikin Penikes, ƙirjin farko da na taɓa yi.Na kasance ina yin kayan aikin tagulla don jiragen ruwa a Gannon da Benjamin.Ba da daɗewa ba bayan na bar Penikese, na yanke shawarar gwada hannuna wajen yin aikin ƙarfe na cikakken lokaci a Vineyard.
An yanke shawarar gwadawa kuma zama ma'aikacin kulle-kulle mai zaman kansa tare da babban sakamako a Vineyard.Ban sani ba ko na yi arziki, amma ina shagaltuwa da jin dadin aikina.Ba na yin abu iri ɗaya sau biyu.Kowane aiki yana aro daga wasu ayyukan.Ina tsammanin abubuwa uku ne daban-daban: aikin ƙira mai ban sha'awa - cikakkun cikakkun bayanai, warware matsalar;kerawa na fasaha;da sauƙi aiki - niƙa, zaren, hakowa da walda.Ya haɗa waɗannan abubuwa guda uku daidai.
Abokan cinikina abokan ciniki ne masu zaman kansu, kasuwanci da masu gida.Bugu da ƙari, ina yawan aiki tare da masu kwangila da masu kulawa.Na yi hannaye da yawa tare da irin wannan kewayon.Mutane na iya samun matakai, suna so su sauka matakan lafiya, kuma suna son wani abu mai kyau.Har ila yau, manyan kamfanonin gine-gine - Ina da ayyuka masu mahimmanci guda biyu a yanzu, tsarin layin dogo da ke da bangarori da yawa, kuma akwai wasu sassan da ke buƙatar dogo don hana [mutane] fadowa.Wani ɗayan ƙwarewa na shine allon wuta.Musamman, Ina shigar da kofofi akan murhu da yawa.Kwanan nan akwai lambar da ke buƙatar ƙofofi akan wuraren murhu.Kayana na tagulla ne, da ƙera ƙarfe da bakin karfe, tare da wasu tagulla da tagulla.
Kwanan nan na tsara furannin dogwood, ɗaukakar safiya, wardi, sannan kuma na yi bawo da harsashi nautilus don allon murhu.Na yi harsashi da yawa kuma siffarsu tana da sauƙin yi kuma tana da daɗi kamar fure.Reeds a zahiri suna da kyan gani, duk da cewa nau'in ɓarna ne.Na yi fuska biyu na ado daga cikin ciyawar fadama kuma suna da ban mamaki.Ina son samun wani jigo - ba koyaushe ya dace ba kuma ya fi dabba fiye da shuka.Na yi doguwar dogo da famfo a gefe biyu da wutsiya ta whale a ƙarshen ƙofar gida.Daga nan na yi babban aiki na ɗan lokaci tare da dogo mai wutsiya mai wutsiya a ƙasa sannan na kan whale a sama.
Hannun hannun da na yi wa matakan tsakar gida a Edgartown da sauran gine-gine a cikin birnin tagulla ne.Zane na ƙarshe ana kiran harshe, lanƙwasa mai iyo a ƙarshen.Ba shakka ban ƙirƙira wannan fom ba, amma ga fassarara.Bronze abu ne mai girma, ya fi tsada fiye da ƙarfe da aka ƙera, amma yana riƙe da kyau, yana buƙatar kulawa kadan, kuma abu ne mai kyau na musamman don hannaye inda hannayensu suka zama santsi da goge yayin amfani.
Kusan duka.Wannan shi ne daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa na dauki kaina a matsayin mai zane da kuma mai sana'a.Kusan ban taɓa yin wani abu da nake ɗaukan sassaka aikin fasaha kawai ba.Shi ya sa bayan shekara biyu na zo na kalli waɗancan dogo na fara mare su don in ga ƙarfinsu na ga ko za su dage.Tare da hannun hannu na musamman, na yi tunani sosai game da sanya su a matsayin masu amfani sosai.Bana buƙatar madafan hannu a rayuwata tukuna (dukkanmu muna tafiya ta wannan hanyar), amma ina ƙoƙarin yin tunanin ainihin inda madafan hannu zai fi amfani.Dangantaka tsakanin titin hannu da zirga-zirga.Matakan shimfidar ƙasa waɗanda ke lanƙwasa tare da lawn wani tsari ne daban-daban na tunanin inda za'a sanya mafi kyawun dogo.Sai ka yi tunanin yaran suna zagayawa da inda zai yi musu aiki.
Haɗin abubuwa biyu: Ina matuƙar son dogo mai lanƙwasa ba bisa ƙa'ida ba inda akwai babbar matsala ta shimfidar wuri don samun kayan ƙarfe mai ƙarfi don motsawa cikin sauƙi a cikin lanƙwasa mai kyau ta yadda ya dace kuma ya haifar da kyakkyawan layin dogo mai aiki kuma yana da kyau..Duk wadannan abubuwa.
Matsalolin lissafi na layin dogo masu lanƙwasa matsala ce mai ban sha'awa… idan za ku iya wuce su.
Na zo wannan tsibirin shekaru 44 da suka wuce.Na ɗan yi bincike a kan ɓangarorin teku na sami wani littafi a gonar inabin Martha mai suna American Indian Money game da mahimmancin harsashin kwarto na jan karfe ga ƴan asalin ƙasar da ke Gabashin Gabas ta Arewacin Amirka da kuma yadda ake samar da ƙullun harsashi.Wampum yana da ma'anoni daban-daban ga mutane daban-daban.Na fara yin wampum beads daga quahog harsashi da na samu a bakin rairayin bakin teku, amma ba lallai ba ne daga beads na majalisa, waɗanda ƙwararrun ƴan asalin Amirka ne na gargajiya.
Lokacin da nake farkon 20s na, na yi hayar gida tare da Bentons kuma na zauna a gidan Thomas Hart Benton a Aquinn a kan Herring Creek.Dan Benton Tippy yana zaune kusa.Ina da kuliyoyi da yawa don magance matsalar linzamin kwamfuta - ra'ayin Tippy ne.Charlie Witham ne, Keith Taylor da ni - mun buɗe ƙaramin mint a gidanmu da ke Benton, muna yin beads da kayan adon tsohuwar hanya.
Ci gaba da amfani da beads da kayan ado, Ina so in je Italiya, musamman Venice.Don bikin cika shekaru 50 da mijina Richard na 50 mun je Venice kuma na sami wahayi ta hanyar mosaics da tayal a wurin.Dole ne ya ɗauki ƙarni - duk kayan aikin dutse an haɗa su cikin ƙira mai ƙima na ruɗi na gani - kyakkyawa, ta amfani da duk launuka na marmara.A lokacin, ina yin gyare-gyare masu girman kayan ado daga resin da na sassaƙa bawo.Amma don yin wani abu mafi: yi!Dole ne in gano yadda ake yin tiles.
Sai na yi oda a harba amma ba gilashin biscuit tiles.Zan iya ginawa a kansu - waɗannan fale-falen nawa ne.Ina so in yi amfani da katantanwa na wata, ƙwanƙolin teku, gilashin teku, akwatunan harsashi na ciki, ɗigon turquoise da abalone.Na farko, zan sami bawo… Zan yanke sifofin kuma in daidaita su gwargwadon yiwuwa.Ina da kayan adon kayan ado tare da ruwan lu'u-lu'u.Na yi amfani da zato na kayan ado na yanke kwalaben giya don su zama sirara sosai.Sai na yanke shawarar wane launi nake so.Zan hada duk waɗannan gwangwani na epoxy da fenti.Yana sa ni jin ƙishirwa - Ina sha'awar shi - launi, mai mahimmanci.
Ina so in yi tunanin masu yin tayal na farko a Venice;kamar nasu, waɗannan tayal ɗin suna da tsayi sosai.Ina son nawa ya zama santsi sosai, don haka sai na yanke duk bawoyin da siraran da zai yiwu kuma na zubar da guntun tare da resin mai launi.Bayan kwanaki biyar na jira, guduro ya taurare kuma na sami damar yashi talel ɗin har zuwa ƙanƙara.Ina da dabaran niƙa, ana buƙatar yashi sau uku ko hudu, sannan na goge shi.Zan ba wa siffar suna “tsuntsu” sa’an nan zan zana hoton kompas tare da kwatance huɗu, ko maki, akan kamfas.
Ina kiran tayal na "adon gida" saboda mutane na iya amfani da tayal ɗina a matsayin jigo a cikin dafa abinci da dakunan wanka don ƙara taɓawa na "taskar tsibiri" zuwa gidansu.Wani abokin ciniki yana tsara sabon dafa abinci a Chilmark kuma yana da ra'ayin sanya ƙananan fale-falen fale-falen nawa a kan babban yanki na cikawa don yin katako.Mun yi aiki tare da yawa - ma'aunin da aka gama yana da kyau sosai.
Ina ba abokin ciniki palette mai launi, za mu iya karanta littattafai, za mu iya zaɓar launuka.Na yi kicin don masu son kore - wani launi na kore - Ina tsammanin na yi fale-falen fale-falen 13 waɗanda aka haɗa su.
Na yi firam ɗin katako don in ɗauki tile ɗin lafazin ko'ina, mutane za su iya ɗauka su gwada su a duk inda suka ga ya dace.Watakila tayal a bayan murhu ko kuma abin rufe fuska.Daga inlay, na yi kananan katako stools.Ina son mutane su iya zabar tayal ɗinsu, don haka ban yi makale ba tukuna.Da zarar an zaɓi zaɓuɓɓuka, za su buƙaci grouting.
Martha's Vineyard Tile Co. akwai samfuran tayal, suna aiko mini da oda.Don ayyuka na musamman, mutane kuma za su iya tuntuɓar ni kai tsaye.
Zan yi kowane kwanciya.Na fara aiki ne a matsayin mai yin bulo da turmi, ina hada ƙasa ga ubana wanda yake son yin duwatsu.Don haka ina yin hakan lokaci zuwa lokaci tun ina ɗan shekara 13 kuma yanzu ina da shekara 60. Na yi sa’a ina da wasu hazaka.Na sami nau'in halitta don yin abubuwa uku waɗanda nake ƙauna.Aikina yana da alaƙa da Masonry na 3, Kiɗa na 3 da Kamun kifi na 3 - ma'auni mai kyau sosai.Na yi sa'a don samun ƙasa a lokacin da zai yiwu a sauka a tsibirin, kuma na shawo kan wannan tudu.A ƙarshe, na sami damar canzawa zuwa ƙarin abubuwa maimakon ƙwarewa - rayuwa ce mai kyau sosai.
Wani lokaci za ka sami babban aikin masonry kuma kawai sai ka yi shi.A lokacin rani yana da kyau kada a kwanta, idan zan iya taimakawa.Na dandana kifi da kamun kifi duk lokacin rani.kuma kunna kiɗa.Wani lokaci muna yin tafiye-tafiye - wata daya muna cikin Caribbean, St. Barth da Norway sau 12.Mun je Afirka ta Kudu makonni uku muna yin rikodin.Wani lokaci kuna yin aiki ɗaya ko wani a jere sannan ku ci gaba da gudu.
Tabbas zaku iya konewa.Musamman idan na san akwai kifi, amma na shagaltu da shimfida duwatsu sai su kashe ni.Idan dole in yi wani abu kuma ba zan iya yin kifi ba, yana da wahala sosai.Ko, idan ba ni da masonry a cikin hunturu kuma na daskare kifin kifi, ƙila ina rasa kayan aikin gida mai kyau.Kiɗa yana da ban mamaki saboda yana wasa duk shekara: a cikin hunturu kuna fushi da mazauna gida, don haka kowane karshen mako muna barin tsibirin.A lokacin bazara, mutanen gida ba sa fita kuma akwai sabbin fuskoki a kowane mako, don haka za ku iya ci gaba da yin aiki a wuri ɗaya kuma kuna kwana a gadonku.Ku tafi kamun kifi da rana.
Tare da masons, mashaya yana da tsayi sosai a nan.Idan dai zan iya tunawa, mun sami bunƙasar gine-gine a tsibirin, kuma akwai kuɗi da yawa.Akwai aiki mai kyau, don haka akwai gasa da yawa - dole ne ya zama aiki mai kyau.Abokan ciniki suna amfana daga babban matakin sana'a.Ciniki a kansa yana da fa'ida.Kyakkyawan yana da kyau.
Tun shekaru 30 ko 35 da suka gabata, Lew French, wani mai aikin dutse, ya fara jigilar duwatsu daga Maine, kuma ba mu taɓa ganin dutsen da ya dace da shi a yanzu ba, ko kuma dutsen da ya yi amfani da shi.Mun gane cewa za mu iya kawo ƙafafun duwatsu goma daga ko'ina.Idan muna tuƙi ta hanyar New England kuma muka ga ganuwar dutse masu kyau, za mu iya zuwa wasu manoma mu tambayi ko zan iya saya tarin duwatsu?Don haka na sayi motar juji na yi da yawa.Kowane dutsen da kuka jefa a motarku yana da kyau - kusan kuna iya sunansu, ba za ku iya jira don amfani da su ba.
Ina aiki ni kadai kuma ina gwada duwatsu da yawa kuma duk sun dace amma lokacin da kuka koma baya kuma mutane da yawa suna cewa… a'a… wasu daga cikinsu sun ce… watakila… sai ku saka daya a ciki, sai ya ce……e… zabinku ne.Kuna iya gwada duwatsu 10 kuma wani zai ce eh, baby.
Sama da ɓangarorin za su ɗauke ku zuwa sabuwar hanya… dole ne a sami jituwa a cikinsa, dole ne a sami kari a cikinsa.Ba zai iya kwanciya kawai ba, dole ya ji dadi, amma kuma dole ya motsa.
Ina tsammanin hanya mafi sauƙi don bayyana wannan shine saboda ni mawaƙi ne: wannan shi ne kari da jituwa, wannan yakamata ya zama dutsen…
Lamplighter shine cikakken layin samfuran haske.Muna da daidaitattun samfuran mu: bangon bango, pendants, ginshiƙai, duk a cikin salon mulkin mallaka.Samfurin fitilun mu na titi a cikin Edgartown kwafi ne na ainihin fitilar titi a tsibirin.Shi ke nan.Ba ni ne aka tsara su ba, duk daidaitattun su ne, gwargwadon samfuran buɗaɗɗen tushe na wancan lokacin.Yaren New England.Wani lokaci mutane suna son wani abu mafi zamani.Kullum ina buɗe don yin magana da mutane don canza zane.Muna iya ganin abubuwa sun karkace kuma mu ga yuwuwar.
A cikin duniyar da ake amfani da bugu na 3D, kayan aikin da nake amfani da su sun kusan shekaru 100: karaya, almakashi, rollers.Har yanzu fitulun ana yin su kamar yadda suke.Quality yana shan wahala cikin sauri.Kowane fitilun na hannu ne.Kodayake yana da tsari sosai - yanke, lanƙwasa, ninka - komai ya bambanta.A gare ni, ba fasaha ba ne.Ina da shiri, abin da nake yi ke nan.Kowa yana da dabara.Anan duk anyi shi.Na yanke gilashin ga kowa da kowa, Ina da samfuran gilashin kaina kuma na haɗa dukkan sassan.
Asali, lokacin da Hollis Fisher ya kafa kamfani a kusa da 1967, kantin Lamplighter yana cikin Edgartown, inda Tracker Home Decor yake yanzu.Ina da labarin Gazette na 1970 wanda ke bayanin yadda Hollis ya fara yin lanterns a matsayin abin sha'awa sannan ya zama kasuwanci.
Na fi samun ayyuka daga masu gine-gine.Patrick Ahern ya kasance mai girma - ya aika mutane a cikin shugabanci na.A lokacin sanyi na yi aiki da manyan ayyuka a kamfanin Robert Stern da ke New York.Babban aiki a Pohogonot da Hamptons.
Na yi chandelier don gidan abinci na Titin Jiha.Sun dauki hayar mai zanen gida Michael Smith, wanda ya ba ni wasu ra'ayoyi don fitilun lanƙwasa.Na sami wasu tsoffin cibiyoyin tarakta - yana son su - kusan kamar aikin noma ne a kan ƙaƙƙarfan dabarar keken keke.Ina tunani game da gears da ƙafafun, kawai siffar su da siffar su.A gaskiya wannan aikin ya kawo mini abubuwa bakwai ko takwas, kowannensu ya dogara da kayan aiki.Mai gidan gallery Chris Morse yana buƙatar wani abu don teburin cin abinci, kuma na sami dogon samfurin shari'ar a cikin gallery ɗinsa.Ina son cewa zan iya ɗaukar wani abu in bar shi ya wanzu da kansa.Don haka, wannan samfurin shari'a ne, Ina da shi a cikin kantin sayar da, ajiye shi na ɗan lokaci kuma in zauna tare da shi.Na yi amfani da wasu manyan kayan aikin da na samo.
Kwanan nan, wani abokin ciniki ya kawo wannan injin ciyar da kaji mai dogon galvanized.Zan iya ƙara wasu fitilu masu kyalli a wurin - duk waɗannan abubuwan an sake su, suna da kyau kuma an yi su da kyau.
Na karanci fasaha mai kyau a matsayin dalibi na farko sannan na kammala karatun digiri a fannin zane-zane;yanzu ina da wurin yin zane a Harbor inabi.Na'am, da gaske sun sabawa juna: fasaha da fasaha.Ƙirƙirar fitilu yana da ɗan ƙarin tsari.Akwai dokoki, yana da layi.Akwai odar da za a bi.Babu ƙa'idodi a cikin fasaha kawai.Yayi kyau sosai - ma'auni mai kyau.Yin lanterns shine gurasa na da man shanu: waɗannan ayyukan sun kasance a gabana, kuma yana da kyau kada ku sami haɗin kai, kuma zan iya damuwa da inganci.
Duk wannan yana cika juna - fasaha da fasaha.Dole ne in sami wani a cikin taron wanda zan iya horar da shi;wannan zai ba ni ƙarin lokaci don kammala aikin walƙiya na al'ada.Wannan shine aikina na rana… wannan zanen shine aikina na karshen mako.Na yi farin ciki ba na samun kuɗi daga fasaha mai kyau;Na yi tunanin cewa za a yi sulhu a cikin aikin, amma ya zama ba haka ba.Ina amfani da shi don yin duk abin da nake so.
Ta karanta zane, zane da zane-zane a makarantar fasaha.Bayan haka, shekaru 30 da suka gabata, Tom Hodgson ya koya mini yadda ake rubutu da yin alamu.Na kamu da son shi.Tom ya kasance malami mai ban mamaki kuma ya ba ni dama mai girma.
Amma sai na kai matsayin da na daina shakar hayakin fentin mai.Ina so in ƙara ƙira kamar yadda nake sha'awar kayan ado da alamu.Zayyana tambarin tare da shirin kwamfuta ya ba ni damar faɗaɗa yuwuwar ƙirar tambarin don haɗa da bugu na zane mai hana ruwa.Wannan yana haifar da samfur mai sauri kuma mafi dacewa kuma waɗannan fayilolin dijital kuma ana iya amfani da su don katunan kasuwanci, tallace-tallace, menus, motoci, lakabi da ƙari.Edgartown shine kawai birni a tsibirin da ke son fenti tambarin su, kuma na ji daɗin cewa har yanzu ina riƙe da goga.
Na raba lokaci na daidai tsakanin zane mai hoto da yin sa hannu da kuma son kowace yarjejeniya.A yanzu na tsarawa da buga alamun don Reindeer Bridge Holistics, Flat Point Farm, MV Sea Salt da samfuran Porch na Kitchen.Har ila yau, ina buga banners, ƙirƙira zane-zane don abin hawa, buga zane mai kyau don masu fasaha, sake buga hotuna ko zane-zane akan zane ko takarda.Faɗin firinta kayan aiki ne mai amfani, kuma sanin yadda ake amfani da waɗannan shirye-shiryen don haɓaka hotunanku yana sa komai ya yiwu.Ina son canza halin da ake ciki ta ƙara sabbin kayayyaki da fasaha.Na ci gaba da daga hannuna na ce, oh, zan yi tunanin wani abu.
Lokacin da na yi hira da abokan ciniki na, na gano irin salon da suke so.Ina bayyana hangen nesansu kuma in nuna musu wasu ra'ayoyi tare da nau'ikan rubutu daban-daban, shimfidawa, launuka, da sauransu. Zan gabatar da zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa, waɗanda kowannensu na ɗauka yana samun nasara.Bayan tsari mai kyau, mun kasance a shirye don sanya alamar hoton.Sa'an nan zan sa ma'auni yayi aiki don kowane aikace-aikacen.Alamun suna da ban dariya - suna buƙatar karantawa.Intanet ba ta san inda alamar ta ke ba, yadda motar ke tafiya da sauri - bambancin da ake buƙata don sanya alamar ta fice - ko yana cikin inuwa ko a wurin rana.
Ina so in mutunta kamanni da jin kasuwancin abokin ciniki ta hanyar haɗa launukansu, fonts, da tambura, yayin da kuma tabbatar da “tambarin tambarin” a fadin tsibirin.Na yi tunani game da menene gonar inabin, ya zo da salo daban-daban.Ina aiki tare da masu duba gine-gine a tsibirin kuma ina sanya hannu kan kwamitin dokoki.Ana ba da hankali mai yawa zuwa daidaitattun daidaitattun don tambarin yana da sauƙin karantawa da kyau.Fasaha ce ta kasuwanci, amma wani lokacin yana jin kamar fasaha.
Ina taimaka wa mutane yin alamar kasuwancin su tare da taken tunani da kyawawan wuraren talla.Mu sau da yawa muna yin tunani tare da zurfafa zurfafawa don isa ga inda rubutu ya hadu da gani don haifar da wadataccen ji da gaske.Waɗannan ra'ayoyin suna aiki lokacin da muka ɗauki lokacinmu.