Dzidza Nezvezvinhu Zvinonakidza Zvakagadzirwa ne "Mad Potter of Biloxi"
George E. Ohr (1857-1918), uyo akazviona pachake "Mad Potter weBiloxi," akagadzirira muumbi wemiti kupfuura zana remakore rakapfuura mu Mississippi. Kuonekwa kwake "kupenga" kwemazhinji emabasa ake akadzikamisa gumbo aiva zvakanaka mberi kwemazuva avo maererano netsika, kugamuchirwa, nekududzirwa kunyange zvazvo aive nemugove wake wevafudzi zvakare muzuva rake.
Nhasi, mberi kwekunzwa kwezvidimbu zvaro kune dzimwe nyanzvi dzokugadzira zvidzidzo dzichimuona semupiyona wepakutanga mune zvemazuva ano.
Zvechokwadi, vamwe vanhu vanotarisa Ohr potter uye havatori "kuitora" maererano nehuwandu hunokosha. Zvizhinji zvezvidimbu zvaro hazvisi izvo chaizvo zvaungadana zvakajeka maererano nekunyorera kana mavara, asi zvingava zvakaoma kutaura kuti ivo havasi zvechokwadi vanofadza.
Ohr's First Pottery Studio
Ohr akashanda semudzidzi kuna Joseph Fortune Meyer, uyo akazoshanda paNewcomb College yakakurumbira, muNew Orleans muna 1879. Kufarira kwake muhari yevhu kwakasimuka sezvaaifamba nomunyika 16 mumavambo ekuma1880 achishanyira mabhuku akasiyana-siyana uye makambani ekuumbika kuti adzidze nzira uye kuwana kufemerwa kwebasa rake. Muna 1882, akadzokera kuNew Orleans uye aishanda naWilliam Virgin Pottery, maererano neOr-O'Keefe Museum of Art's website.
Akadzokera kuBiloxi kuti avake muumbi wake wokutanga webhodhoro muna 1883 nemari yake yakachengeterwa $ 26.80 chete. Akachera ivhu kubva muRwizi rweTchoutacabouffa kuti agadzire zvikamu zvake zvokutanga.
Mukutanga kwema1890 akazvinyatsotsanangura kuzvimiririra se "muumbi wehari" uye akanyora ichi chirevo pamusika waakagadzira. Muna 1892 akaumba izvo zvinozivikanwa se "monumental urn," chikamu chikuru chisingatauriki chakaratidzwa pa Ohr-O'Keefe Museum ine chiitiko chekare chinotarisa pamusoro pacho kana ichifananidzwa nemhando dzisina kufanirwa nevatengi uye vanyori venhoroondo vanobatana neanyanzvi.
Ohr Inoratidzira Basa Rake Kutsvaga Majoka
Pamwe chete nevamwe vakawanda vanozivikanwa zvino uye makambani anozivikanwa, Ohr akaratidza zvinhu zvake paWorld's Columbian Exposition, anozivikanwawo seThe Chicago World's Fair, muna 1893. Akaratidza kune dzimwe zviratidzo uye zviitiko pamusoro pemakore gumi akatevera, uye akaiswa mumagazini akawanda uye mabhuku anosimbisa unyanzvi wenguva yake. Akawana mhete yesirivha paLouis Louisiana Purchase International Kuratidzwa kwakagadzirirwa muSt. Louis, kuMissan muna 1904, uko basa revarume vese vaisimudzirwa. Shanduro yake yakaramba ichitsvaga panguva iyi, uye pakupedzisira akazvidza muumbi wehari kuti aongorore pane zvimwe zvipfeko zvakavezwa zvakavezwa, maererano neOr-O'Keefe Museum. Akatangawo kuedza nemhando dzakasiyana dzevhu kuti agadzire zvinhu zvake zvebhakiki.
Mutevedzeri uyo aifungidzirwa aifunga zvikuru kwazvo pamusoro pake pachake, ane nguva yakareba yakasviba masharuki uye anoratidza kumira kwekufotwa mufananidzo panguva yekunyadzisira kwekhamera, studio yake yakave chido chekushanyira ku Mississippi Gulf Coast nevashanyi vanoyerera vachibva kumativi eUnited States. Zvinhu zvake zvaive zvakajairika, uye vazhinji vakatengwa seyeuchidzo, asi kwete kuonekwa pamusana pemaonero evanhu vaiita sevari kutsvaga panguva iyoyo.
Akavharwa paakaendesa basa rake kuna The Smithsonian semuzuva ra1899, raive risati rasvika kuma1960 apo zvidimbu zvake zvaizivikanwa nokuda kwekunaka kwavo nevatori uye vanyori vezvakaitika kare. Zvikamu zvaakatumira kumusitamende zvakagadziriswa sechikamu cheThe Smithsonian's collection, mushure mokunge aputsika uye akarohwa pamusoro, makore 87 gare gare.
Iye zvino midziyo yaOrr inotsvakwa zvakasimba nevatori vomuumbi wepamusoro nemari yakawanda uye vakaratidza nokuremekedza muThe Metropolitan Museum of Art muNew York kuwedzera kune Ohr-O'Keefe Museum muBiloxi pamwe nedzimwe nzvimbo dzichicherechedza ruzivo rwokugadzira nyika yose.
Kuti ushanyire Muongorori weKuchina weKuumbi yePotori kuti uone mienzaniso yakawanda uye dzidze pamusoro pekukosha kwe Ohr pottery, tora pano .