Alice R. Ballard

Alice R. Ballard
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Florence (mul) , 16 ga Yuni, 1945 (80 shekaru)
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Michigan (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	masu kirkira da ceramicist (en)

Alice R. Ballard (an haife ta a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1945, Florence, South Carolina ) ƙwararriyar mai yin yumbu ce 'yar Amurka da ke zaune a Clover, South Carolina . Yawancin ayyukanta suna da alaƙa da nau'ikan kayan ƙasa na halitta na kwantena masu rufewa, tukwane masu tsini, faranti, kwalaye, tukwane masu shayi, totems, ƙananan ayyuka, tasoshin ruwa da kuma jerin abubuwan da take kira fararen aikinta. Yawancin ayyukanta an kammala su da terra sigillata . Alice tana ɗaukar fasaharta a matsayin "nuni na dangantakarta da siffofi na halitta. Sau da yawa canjin siffofin yanayi ne, yayin da suke canzawa daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, wanda ke jan hankalinta zuwa wannan duniyar duniya wacce nau'ikan rayuwa daban-daban ke raba halaye iri ɗaya." Kyawawan halayenta suna nuni da kwatancin uwa/yaro/ƙwai kuma suna bincika duniyar da ke jan hankali na mamaki da ban mamaki.

Ballard ta sami digirinta na BS a fannin zane da kuma MFA a fannin zane daga Jami'ar Michigan a shekarar 1968. A bayyane yake cewa tarihinta a fannin zane yana da matuƙar muhimmanci yayin ƙawata saman da kayan yumbunta. Ballard tana amfani da kwalayen a matsayin zane mai girma uku ta amfani da terra sigallata domin yana tunatar da ita fenti sosai. Yayin da glaze yake a saman kamar icing a kan kek, da gaske tana son jaddada kek ɗin.

Daga 1974 zuwa 2001, ta halarci tarurrukan bita da dama daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Penland da ke Penland, North Carolina . A shekarar 2004 ta yi tafiya ta kwanaki 40 zuwa China wanda Cibiyar Bincike ta Ƙasa da Ƙasa kan Fasahar Zane-zane ta Yumbu, Jami'ar West Virginia ta ɗauki nauyinsa. Ta kasance mai koyar da yumbu tun daga 1967, kuma tana da ayyukanta a gidajen tarihi da dama, ciki har da Gidan Tarihi na Blue Spiral da ke Asheville, North Carolina da kuma Gidan Tarihi na Renwick na Smithsonian American Art Museum da ke Washington DC, inda aka ƙara wani kayan zane mai launin fari mai suna "White Onion VII", a cikin tarin kayan tarihi na dindindin. [1]