Elbert Hubbard da kuma Roycroft Community

Abinda yake da nasaba da tasiri game da Ayyukan Ayyuka da Hanyoyi

Elbert Hubbard ya sanya alama a matsayin malamin falsafa, marubuta, da malamin Amurka. Shi ma dan kasuwa ne, kuma yana da sananne sosai game da tasirinsa a cikin Ayyukan Arts da Crafts . Abin da ya fi ban sha'awa game da wannan tasiri, duk da haka, shi ne ainihin mafi hatsari fiye da hangen nesa.

Kafin ya taba tunanin tunaninsa na gaba, Hubbard dan jarida ne mai jarida.

Daga bisani sai ya shiga aiki mai ban al'ajabi a tallace-tallace na sabulu da ke aiki ga ɗan'uwansa, John Durrant Larkin, a Buffalo, New York. Ya kuma jagoranci shirin kasuwanci wanda ya jagoranci Buffalo Pottery , yana da sha'awa sosai. Ya yi ritaya daga kasuwancin sabulu a shekara ta 1892, ya yanke shawarar tafiya kasashen waje.

Bayan ya dawo daga tafiyarsa, Hubbard ya yi wahayi zuwa buga wasu daga cikin rubuce-rubucensa bisa ga abubuwan da ya samu. Ya yi farin ciki a gare shi, ya gano cewa masu wallafa a {asar Amirka ba su da mahimmanci game da bugu da rubutu. Ya tashi ya samu nasarar buga ra'ayinsa akan nasa.

Hubbard ya kafa Roycroft Press a shekara ta 1893 don buga sassan kundin farko na 'yan jarida . Yunkurinsa ya sadu da irin wannan kyauta mai kyau wanda ya zama sanannun marubuta. Lokacin da shagonsa ya bunƙasa ya fara girma, baƙi suka haɗu a garuruwan East Aurora, New York don su sadu da shi. Don saduwa da buƙatar, an bude gidan waya don bayar da masauki ga masu yawon bude ido.

Babu shakka, Hubbard yana da masu sana'a a yankin suna yin kayan aiki don amfani a sabon hotel din. Lokacin da masu alamar suna sha'awar yankunan kuma suna so su saya su, wani ra'ayi na wani kasuwanci ya fadi kuma haka al'ummar da suka zama sanannun Roycrofters.

Ana buɗe shaguna na Roycroft

Hubbard ya bude Roycroft Shops a 1895, kuma rukuni na masu sana'a masu fasaha da ke samar da kayayyaki a gare su sun yi girma da yawa a sama da ma'aikata 500 a shekarar 1910, a cewar Roycrofters.com.

Wa] annan tarurrukan da jama'a ke gudanarwa, sun samu nasara a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa, don yin kayayyaki iri iri, ciki har da kayan ado, kayan ado, kayayyaki na fata, da kuma kyawawan kayan gauraye irin su gizon ruwa da fitilu.

"Ƙungiyar artisanci na Roycroft ta kasance cikin kullun Ingila, tare da tsarin gothic da Tudor na dutse da katako mai daraja. Roycroft shine halittar Hubbard, amma ba a gina shi a kan hangen nesa ba game da gyare-gyaren zamantakewar al'umma ko ka'idodi na fasaha; a maimakon haka, an ci gaba da cike da abubuwan da suka faru na Hubbard na kasuwancin kasuwanci, "in ji Elbert Hubbard: An Amfani da {asashen Amirka , wanda ya dace da kallon shirin PBS.

Ko da yake shi ne irin abubuwan da suka kasance masu farin ciki wanda ya haifar da nasara mafi girma, wannan ba ya nufin Hubbard ba shi da tasiri game da fasahar Arts & Crafts kamar yadda Roycrofters ya yi. Ya sadu da William Morris, wanda ya rubuta The Art of the People wanda ya fara watsi da ayyukan fasaha da fasaha a Birtaniya, a lokacin da ya yi ritaya. Babu shakka shakkar Morris ta Kelmscott Press kafin ya buga wa kansa kamfani idan ya koma gida. Samfurorin da Roycrofters suka yi kasuwanci sun nuna alamun masana'antu na masana'antu da suka hada da fasaha na Arts & Crafts.

Ba daidaituwa ba ne cewa kayan ado da kayan haɓaka da al'ummomin da al'ummomin suka tabbatar da su sun nuna cewa Ofishin Jakadancin , wanda aka fi sani da Craftsman, style.

Roycroft ya ci gaba

Hubbard ya raunana rayuwarsa a lokacin da aka yi amfani da jirgin sama na Birtaniya a shekarar 1915 a lokacin yakin duniya na Istatania, amma yawancin kayan da ya samu sun hada da manyan Buffalo Pottery da Roycroft. A gaskiya ma, ɗansa Bert ya ba da gudummawar rarraba kayayyakin Roycroft kuma ya ci gaba da cinikin har zuwa 1938, lokacin da canza rayuwar Amurka da kuma bukatun ƙarshe ya kai ga hallaka.

A yau masu tara suna neman kayan Roycroft ba kawai don yanayin da ake kira ba, amma saboda kyakkyawar kyakkyawan halayen da ke cikin al'adun Arts & Crafts. Abubuwan kayan ado da kayan ado, ciki har da fitilun fitilu, waɗanda Hubbard ya sanya su suna jin tsoron kusan kamar yadda waɗanda ke aiki a Gustav Stickley ke aiki a lokaci guda.