Usihlalo Mphathi

U-Hans Wegner, umpetha wokuklama waseDenmark owaziwa ngokuthi “Usihlalo Wesihlalo”, cishe unazo zonke izihloko ezibalulekile nemiklomelo enikezwa abaklami.Ngo-1943, waklonyeliswa ngendondo yeRoyal Industrial Designer Award yiRoyal Society of Arts eLondon.Ngo-1984, wanikezwa i-Order of Chivalry yiNdlovukazi yaseDenmark.Imisebenzi yakhe ingelinye lamaqoqo abalulekile eminyuziyamu yokuklama emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Hans Wegner wazalelwa eNhlonhlweni yaseDenmark ngo-1914. Njengendodana yomthungi wezicathulo, wayewathanda amakhono amangalisayo kayise kusukela esemncane, nawo avusa isithakazelo sakhe ekuklameni nasemisebenzini yezandla.Waqala ukufunda nombazi wendawo eneminyaka engu-14, futhi wadala isihlalo sakhe sokuqala eneminyaka engu-15. Lapho eneminyaka engu-22 u-Wagner wabhalisa esikoleni se-Art and Craft e-Copenhagen.
U-Hans Wegner uklame imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-500 enekhwalithi ephezulu nokukhiqiza okuphezulu impilo yakhe yonke.Ungumklami ophelele kakhulu ohlanganisa amakhono endabuko aseDenmark okwenza izinkuni nokuklama.
Emisebenzini yakhe, ungazizwa ngokujulile ubungqabavu obuhlanzekile besihlalo ngasinye, izici ezifudumele zokhuni, imigqa elula nebushelelezi, ukuma okuyingqayizivele, ekuzuzeni isikhundla sakhe esingenakunyakaziswa emkhakheni wokuklama.
I-Wishbone Chair yaklanywa ngo-1949 futhi isadumile nanamuhla.Ibuye ibizwe ngesihlalo sika-Y, esithola igama layo emumeni omise okwe-Y wengemuva.
Igqugquzelwe isihlalo se-Ming esibonwe esithombeni sikasomabhizinisi waseDenmark, isihlalo senziwe lula ukuze sikhange nakakhulu.Isici sayo esikhulu sempumelelo inhlanganisela yobuciko bendabuko enomklamo olula nemigqa elula.Naphezu kokubukeka kwayo okulula, idinga ukudlula izinyathelo ezingaphezu kwe-100 ukuze iqede, futhi umcamelo wesihlalo udinga ukusebenzisa amamitha angaphezu kuka-120 we-paper fiber weaving manual.

I-Elbow Chair yaklama iSihlalo ngo-1956, futhi kwaze kwafika ngo-2005 lapho u-Carl Hansen & Son beyishicilela okokuqala.
Njengoba nje negama layo, ekugobeni okuhle kwengemuva lesihlalo, kunemigqa efanayo njengokuqina kwendololwane yomuntu, yingakho indololwane isitulo lesi sidlaliso esihle.Ukugoba okuhle nokuthinta ngemuva kwesihlalo kudlulisa umuzwa wemvelo kakhulu nokho wakudala, kuyilapho uhlamvu lwezinkuni olucacile noluhle luphinde lwembule uthando olujulile luka-Wegner ngokhuni.