Hanyoyin kayan wasan kwaikwayon na kayan ado da kayan zane
Yayin da yake horar da kwarewarsa a matsayin dan wasa a farkon shekarun 1950, Paul Evans (1931-1987) ya halarci Cibiyar Fasahar Philadelphia a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Rochester ta Rochester, a Birnin Rochester, na Birnin New York; da Cranbrook Academy of Art a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Daga nan sai ya koma garin Old Sturbridge a Massachusetts inda ya nuna bangarori daban-daban na ma'aikata a cikin tarihin tarihin tarihin rayuwa, a cewar Michener Art Museum wanda yake a Jihar Evans na jihar Pennsylvania.
Bayan ya koma New Jersey daga baya a cikin shekarun 1950, ya fara yin amfani da kayan aiki ta hanyar amfani da horar da shi wajen yin aiki da kuma aiki na ma'aikata. A can ya raba wani zane tare da Phillip Lloyd Powell wanda ya karfafa kwarewarsa, kuma maza biyu sun ci gaba da haɗin kai har shekaru goma. Ya koma kasuwancinsa don komawa gida zuwa Pennsylvania a shekarar 1970 kuma yana aiki da mutane 85 a lokutan bukatu. Ya bude wani zane-zane a New York a ƙarshen 1970s.
A shekara ta 1964, ya zama mai zane domin Direktan Furniture, wani kamfanin zamani na Arewacin Carolina (daga baya Tomlinson / Erwin-Lambeth) wanda ya samo wasu daga cikin sassan da aka fi sani da shi: Sculpted Bronze, Cityscape, da kuma Argente (mafi yawan), bisa ga binciken da mai bayar da gudunmawar jaridar Troy Segal ya bayar. Shahararrun matan Brutalist da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin wadannan daga cikin wadannan abubuwan sun fara daɗewa.
Evans yana da dangantaka ta musamman tare da Gidan Lantarki a cikin abin da yake lura da kowane mataki na masana'antu da kuma ƙarewa tsari, maimakon kawai samar da zane-zane da kuma juyawa ainihin abincin ga wasu. Hankalin dalla-dalla da karfin da aka sanya a cikin aikin Evans yana wakiltar ƙauye ne a fannin fasaha na kayan ado da na ado.
Yawancin kayansa, waɗanda aka fi mayar da shi ta hanyarsa ko kuma a ƙarƙashin sa ido na kai tsaye, suna kama da nau'ikan kayan aikinsa wanda aka gudanar a cikin cibiyoyi irin su Museum of Arts & Design da kuma Michener Art Museum.
Halaye na Paul Evans Furniture:
- Amfani da karafaffai da aka zana: tagulla (Zane-zane na Zane-zane na Ƙwararrawa), bakin karfe, jan ƙarfe, Slate (Har ila yau, a cikin Sashen Zane-zane na Sculpted for Directional)
- Ƙungiya mai ƙarfe na ƙarfe ko na itace, wanda gilashin ya sanya ta
- Hanyar Brutalism
- Kalmomi masu nauyi suna da nauyi; Tables suna neman su yi iyo a fili
- Welded, adamaled saman sau da yawa karya a cikin jerin kwalaye dauke da m-neman kayayyaki: whorls, starbursts, murabba'ai
- Gidan shimfiɗa na shinge, wanda aka yi amfani da shi (Tsarin Cityscape don Gudanarwa kamar yanki wanda ke nuna wannan labarin) tare da siffofin angular
Abin da ake nema a cikin Evans ya sanya hannu a cikin takaddun
Saboda sun kasance a cikin kwanan nan ba tare da kwatanta tsofaffin kayan kayan gargajiyar da suka canza hannayensu ba sau da yawa tun lokacin da aka yi su, Evans kayayyaki suna da kyakkyawan tsari. Amma, ko da yaushe yana biya don neman sa hannu kuma: yawanci ana sanya hannu a kan takardun farko "PE" ko kalmomin "Paul Evans". Shafin na Michener Art ya bayyana cewa aikinsa na da kwanakin lambobi guda biyu a matsayin ɓangare na alamar (alal misali, an sayar da su a Austin Auction Gallery a Austin, Texas a shekarar 2010 tare da PE 70 - duba ƙasa don dabi'u).
Wani kyakkyawan hanyar don ƙarin bayani game da Evans shine littafin nan na One Modern Americana: Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gida daga Todd Merrill da Julie V. Iovine (Rizzoli, $ 75).
Darajar Bulus Evans Design
Kamar yadda kowane shekarun da suka wuce, masu sha'awar zane-zane da yawa da ido ga zamani sunyi la'akari da burbushin Bulus Evans, musamman maɗauransa ta hanyar Directorate Furniture da al'amuransa daga 1970s. A gaskiya, wani teburin tebur na Cityscape ya bayyana a kan Antiques Roadshow tare da mai binciken John Sollo mai daraja wannan yanki a $ 6,000-9,000 shekaru da suka wuce.
A shekara ta 2010, Evans ya shirya ɗakin ɗakin cin abinci guda uku da aka yi a shekarar 1970 da aka sayar dashi a Austin Auction Gallery a Austin, Texas don $ 59,225, wanda ya fi yawan kuɗi biyu da aka kiyasta don ci gaba. Palm Beach Modern Auctions kuma sayar da wani Cityscape gidan da aka yi da chrome-plated karfe da kuma mics ga $ 36,000 a Janairu na 2014.
Sauran sassan sun sayar da su cikin lambobi shida ta wurin wuraren da suka fi kyau a kwanan nan, ciki har da Sotheby a New York kamar yadda aka nuna a sama. Wadannan dabi'u masu karfi sun kaddamar da Evans cikin sashin aikin da Charles da Ray Eames ya gani a wani lokaci.
Ƙara karatu a cikin karni na tsakiya Masana Zane-zane na zamani don Ya sani.