Gabatarwa ga wannan Tiffany & Co. Visionary
Louis Ta'aziyar Tiffany ta zane-zane a yayin da yaro ya jagoranci shi ya zana gine kuma ya gwada hannunsa a zane yayin da yake tafiya a waje. Ayyukan karatunsa sun wadatar da sha'awar launin launi da haske wanda za a nuna a baya a cikin zane-zane na ado. Amma wannan mai fasaha da mai zane-zane na Amurka ya sanya alamarsa a matsayin mai ado na ciki a lokaci guda ya fara samar da ayyukan gilashi masu daraja.
Tiffany's Work
A tsakiyar shekarun 1870 sun sami Tiffany yana yin amfani da fasahar ilimin gine-gine na Brooklyn da zai koya daga bisani ya horar da aikinsa. Ya zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1880 ya yi watsi da "fasaha na Arts da Crafts na Turanci da kuma Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Yammacin Yammacin Turai a cikin wani tunanin da ya dace da kansa wanda ya zana Art Nouveau," in ji wani labarin a New York Times .
Kamfaninsa a wancan lokaci, Tiffany Glass da Kamfanoni Masu Nuna, ya samar da abubuwa iri-iri da dama daga gilashin gilashinsa na gilashi don kowane nau'i na abubuwa a cikin katako da sassaƙaffun itace, ciki har da kayan ado. Ya kuma tsara da kayan fasahar da kayan aiki don kammala abubuwan da ya kirkiro don abokan hulɗar Gilded Age masu arziki tare da Shugaban Chester A. Arthur da Domeyers. An kuma hayar da shi don yin ado da bene na farko na gidan Mark Twain tare da stencils da wallpapers.
A shekara ta 1894, Tiffany ya rijista kalmar Favrile da aka karɓa daga Tsohon Turanci don kalmar hannu: febrile. Duk da haka, an gabatar da wasu gilashin Favrile a dandalin Columbian na duniya a Birnin Chicago a shekarar 1893, inda ya kuma yi muhawarar babban ɗakin Tiffany, wanda ke nunawa a gidan Morse Museum of American Art a Winter Park, Florida.
An gabatar da zanga-zanga na Chicago fiye da mutane miliyan 1.4 a wannan rana.
Har ila yau, Tiffany ya nuna fitilunsa na farko, a gindin litattafai na 1899, na ayyukansa a London. A 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale a Paris ne gaba daya dauke a matsayin babban abin da Tiffany aiki. Ya lashe lambar yabo mai ban mamaki a lokacin gabatarwa, inda ya bayyana fagen gilashinsa na hudu na Gilashi, kuma an kira shi Chevalier na Legion of Honor, bisa ga gidan Morse.
An haifi Tiffany Studios
Tiffany ya kafa kamfani mai girma kamar Tiffany Studios a shekara ta 1902, a wannan shekara mahaifinsa ya mutu ya bar shi kyauta kimanin dala miliyan uku. Ya kuma zama darektan fasaha a Tiffany & Co. a wannan lokacin. Abubuwan da Tiffany Studios ke gudanarwa, sun yi amfani da su musamman daga Tiffany & Co. amma suna sayarwa a cikin kantin sayar da kaya da kuma ta hanyar shahararrun sanannun kwanan rana, sun hada da kayan ado da kayan ado , da kayan aiki tare da gilashin da kayan shafa da Favrile glazes. Da dama daga cikin wadannan misalai na fasahar an bayyana su a shekarar 1904 na Lissafin Ƙasar Kasuwancin Louisiana.
Kodayake irin ayyukan da Tiffany ke yi tare da magoya bayansa da masu zaman lafiyarsa, da kuma tsakar rana, Tiffany ta ci gaba da ba da dukiyarsa ga kamfanoninsa don kiyaye su da rai. Wannan bai hana shi daga bin abin da ya gani a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan ayyukansa ba.
Tiffany ta Laurelton Hall
A farkon shekarun 1900, Tiffany ya fara gina kayansa a Long Island: Laurelton Hall . Idan gidan Laurelton ya tsira, a cewar wani labarin a cikin New York Times , zai kasance "babban aikin fasaha, abin tunawa ga hangen nesa." Ya tsara ta da kayan ado daga gidajensa na baya, abubuwan da ya tattara a lokacin da yake tafiya a ƙasashen waje, da kuma kayan ado masu yawa da Tiffany Studios ya yi.
Tiffany ya kafa harsashi don kula da dukiya a cikin zama har abada a matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya da kuma masarautar ɗan wasa. Amma Tiffany Foundation, wanda har yanzu yana zama a matsayin mai bada kyauta, ya fadi a kan wahala bayan mutuwar Tiffany a 1933 a shekara 85.
A shekara ta 1945, an kafa harsashin gine-ginen gida da kuma dukiyar da ke kewaye da ita. Lokacin da gidan ya watsar da wuta a shekara ta 1957, Hugh F. McKean da matarsa Jeannette sun kori duk abin da suka iya samuwa daga lalata. Sun motsa wadanda suka ragu zuwa Jihar Florida inda suka kafa gidan kayan gargajiya wanda ke dauke da wasu Tiffany guda guda, wanda yanzu ya ƙunshi abubuwa masu ado da ragowar Laurelton Hall. Sun dauki wannan mai hangen nesa yayi tsalle tun kafin farfadowa da sha'awa a ayyukan Tiffany tsakanin masana tarihi da kuma masu tattarawa.
A yau Louis Ta'aziyyar Tiffany yana jin tsoronsa. Ayyukansa a cikin dukkan nau'ikan su masu daraja ne masu daraja. Babu wani abu mafi girma ga wannan rayuwar da aka sadaukar da shi don neman aikin fasaha a launi da haske fiye da abin da aka gudanar a ƙarƙashin rufin daya a cikin Masse Museum of American Art.