Don Ross (mai zane)
 Don Ross (mai zane) | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 15 ga Janairu, 1917 |
| ƙasa | Asturaliya |
| Mutuwa | 2015 |
| Sana'a | |
Donald Mackenzie Ross (1917–2015) was an Australian artist and former dentist, based in Brisbane, Queensland, known for his iconic jewellery and the mosaic mural in the crypt beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Brisbane.[1][2] He was a key figure in the Brisbane artistic and craft scene for the entire second half of the 20th century, working across several different media – prints, etchings, woodcuts, pen and ink, oils, silver, gold, enamel, bronze and mosaics.
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Ross a Brisbane, 15 ga Janairu 1917, ɗan William Donald Ross, likitan haƙori, da Eileen Whelan.[3] Ya auri Joy Dickson a 1942, [4] kuma yana da ɗa ɗaya, Darryl Ross.
Ross ya halarci Makarantar Jihar Eagle Junction, Brisbane Grammar da Kwalejin Nudgee da ke Brisbane kafin ya shiga fannin likitancin hakora a Jami'ar Queensland. Bayan kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1939, Ross ya shiga aikin likitan hakori na mahaifinsa, WD Ross & Sons, a sama da Tattersalls Club, Edward Street, Brisbane, inda ya yi aiki har zuwa lokacin da ya kai shekarunsa na 50.
Ya rasu a Brisbane a ranar 16 ga Janairun 2015, yana da shekaru 98.
Aikin fasaha
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ross ya yi karatu na sirri tare da Richard Rodier Rivron a ƙarshen shekarun 1940, sannan ya halarci azuzuwan rayuwa tare da Jon Molvig, Ian Reece da Roy Churcher.[5] Wanda ya koyar da kansa, ta amfani da falsafar Max Meldrum ta zane-zanen sauti don aiwatar da hotuna a shekarun 1950, ba da daɗewa ba Don Ross ya sami tasiri daga ayyukan masu fasaha na Ingila Ivon Hitchens da Victor Pasmore. Zuwa 1962 yawancin aikinsa ba su da tabbas, inda ma'anar tashi ta kasance "komawa cikin tarihi ko cikin sararin samaniya" inda "komai sabon abu har yanzu yana cikin tsoffin - Farisa, Indiya, Mexico, Peru har ma da zane-zanen kogo waɗanda suke sabo kamar gobe". Wannan sha'awar da ke ci gaba da wanzuwa a cikin al'adun gargajiya, harsunansu, al'adunsu da al'adunsu ta ci gaba da zama babban tasiri ga aikinsa.
Tun daga tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Ross ya mayar da hankali sosai kan yin kayan ado, [1] bayan ya fara wannan fasahar a shekarar 1963 lokacin da ɗansa, Darryl, ya nemi taimako don yin zoben abota. Ross ya nuna wa ɗansa yadda zai iya yin wannan zoben ta amfani da tsarin 'ɓataccen kakin zuma'. [2] Ya koyar da kansa gaba ɗaya, ƙwarewar da ya koya kuma ya yi amfani da ita a aikin likitan hakori su ne tushen aikinsa mai sarkakiya a cikin zinare, azurfa mai daraja da tagulla. Bayan ya riga ya sami kyaututtuka daban-daban saboda aikinsa, ya yi ritaya daga aikin likitan hakori a shekarar 1969 don ya sadaukar da kansa gaba ɗaya ga aikinsa. An ce kayan adonsa suna nuna 'nuna da gangan ga salon tarihi da alamomin tarihi na dā, waɗanda galibi ana sanya su ta hanyar sha'awar wasan kwaikwayo, amfani da enamel, siminti da nau'ikan ƙarfe na haƙori da faranti na waje'.[3]
Ross memba ne na kafa kuma mai zane-zane na reshen Queensland na sanannen Ƙungiyar Fasaha ta Zamani (Ostiraliya), (CAS) wanda aka kafa a matsayin wurin da za a mayar da hankali kan ayyukan fasaha na kirkire-kirkire. Ross ya riƙe matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban ƙasa tsakanin shekarun 1961-1963. Tare da Merv Muhling, shi ma memba ne na kafa Queensland Jewellery Workshop (QJW), [6] wani ƙaramin rukuni na Ƙungiyar Sana'o'i ta Queensland (wanda daga baya ake kira Craft Queensland, yanzu, Artisan), [7] ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin 'kulob' mafi keɓancewa ga masu yin kayan ado da ƙarfe a kowace jiha a Ostiraliya. Manufar QJW ita ce tallafawa fagen kayan ado na zamani da ke tasowa ta hanyar ƙirƙirar damammaki na ilimi da baje kolinsu. Ita ce ƙungiya ta farko irinta a Ostiraliya, a lokacin da babu damar yin nazarin wannan nau'in fasaha a Queensland. [8] A shekarar 1980, QJW ta haɗu da wasu ƙungiyoyi masu tasowa a tsakanin jihohi, inda ta ɗauki sunan Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia (JMGA). Sashen Queensland na Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia yanzu ana kiransa JMGQ.[9]
Ross ya yi bita da dama a Queensland kuma shi ne wakilin Bitar Kayan Ado na Queensland a Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Edita na mujallar Craft Australia. Ya kuma yi aiki a Hukumar Ba da Shawara ta Majalisar Sana'o'in Queensland.
Kyaututtuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]1964: 'Salon Zamani' (Sashen Masana'antu), Nunin Fasaha na Royal National Show, Brisbane, Queensland
1964: Kyautar Sir David Lloyd Jones
Kyautar Fasaha ta Zamani ta Redcliffe ta 1965, Queensland
1965: Kyautar Fasaha ta Zamani ta Caltex, Dalby, Queensland
Kyautar Sana'o'in Westpac City of Brisbane ta 1982
Kwamitoci
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1959: Zane-zanen Mosaic, 'Wuri na Tunawa', Anzac House, Brisbane, Queensland
Hukumar sassaka ta tagulla, AMP Society, Brisbane, Queensland
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Gordon, Pauline (7 January 2022). "Don Ross". State Library of Queensland (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "World War 2 Memorial Gallery". anzacsquare.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Gordon, Pauline (7 January 2022). "Don Ross". State Library of Queensland (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "World War 2 Memorial Gallery". anzacsquare.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Cooke, Glenn R. (2021). "Don Ross, artist and craft worker". Australiana. May, 2021: 26–28.
- ↑ Stelling, Kerry (December 1984). "Jewellers and Metalsmiths in Queensland". Arts National. 2 (2): 86.
- ↑ "World War 2 Memorial Gallery". anzacsquare.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Gordon, Pauline (7 January 2022). "Don Ross". State Library of Queensland (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "World War 2 Memorial Gallery". anzacsquare.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.