Taimakawa fasaha na gida wani abu ne wanda ni - kuma, ta tsawo, LittlePod - na yi na dogon lokaci a yanzu. Wannan shekara ce ta musamman don fasahar gida a Gabashin Devon yayin da muke bikin shekaru 20 na Farringdon Society of Arts. Ƙungiyar LittlePod da ni muna alfaharin kasancewa goyon bayan fage na fasaha na gida sake a 2024…

Akwai babban aiki a gare mu don yin bikin!

Komawa cikin 2004, lokacin da aka fara wannan, mutane kaɗan a Farringdon sun yi amfani da imel. Ba kowa ne ya mallaki wayar hannu ba. Ba ni da ko.

Lokacin da na fara samun ra'ayin kafa ƙungiyar fasaha ta gida a Farringdon, na isa don nemo duk ƙwararrun mutane a ƙauyen. Da shigewar lokaci, muka kafa wani kwamiti da zai yi taro sau ɗaya a wata a ɗakin cin abinci na.

Hazaka mai yawa a ƙauyen…

A cikin waccan kwamitin akwai Barnaby Edwards - ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, marubuci, mai gabatar da fasaha, ɗan kasuwan littattafan sauti da sauransu, mutum ɗaya a cikinmu wanda ya kasance cikin kwamitin al'umma a baya, kuma wanda ya tsara tambarin FSA wanda har yanzu muke amfani da shi har yau; Alex Thompson, mai dafa abinci mai ban sha'awa da injiniya, kuma mai mirgine tare da lakabin hula, wanda ke karatu a Kwalejin Kwalejin Chelsea; Alana Sayers, ƙwararren ƙwararren mai zane wanda ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Camberwell; Vivien Barnes, mai zanen gine-ginen gine-gine, wanda ke gudanar da kasuwancinta; da ni, tsohon malamin makarantar firamare, wanda zai ci gaba da gano LittlePod.

Idan na waiwaya baya, bayan shekaru 20, na yi wuya in gaskata cewa na sami nasarar tattara irin wannan gungun mutane daga irin wannan ƙaramin ƙauye a Gabashin Devon!

Tun daga farko, FSA tana da ƙwararrun iska game da shi. Mun kirkiri fosta na farko kuma muka isa ga sauran mutanen kauyen, muna rokon su raba abubuwan sha'awar su.

Abubuwan fasahar gida da yawa…

Mun samar da shirin abubuwan da suka faru, wanda muka sanya ta kowace kofa a Farringdon. An yi jawabai na fasaha da nune-nune, wasan kwaikwayo, kide-kide da sauran abubuwan kida. Sau ɗaya a wata har tsawon shekaru biyar, muna ba da masaukin ɗakin cin abinci a ɗakin taro na ƙauyen. Akwai liyafar cin abinci da abubuwan da suka faru na lokaci ɗaya, da kuma azuzuwan zane-zane, raye-raye, ji da sauransu. Da zarar, muna da mai zane-zane na tsawon shekara guda, da kuma mai zane-zane na yara ma. Har ma mun gudanar da bikin namu na kwana biyu a fadin kauyen.

A cikin 2009, Ƙungiyar Dogs Guide ta buɗe baje kolin mu, kamar yadda aka nuna a wannan ɗan gajeren fim. Emma ya yi aiki a cikin samar da mu Binne a Thebes da Hazel Johnson, daliba da ke shirin zuwa Makarantar Fasaha ta Camberwell, ta zana hotonta. Hazel ya haɗa labarin Emma a cikin makafi don kowa ya ji daɗinsa.

Kamar yadda wani ya ce a kan fim ɗin da aka yi don bikin cika shekaru biyu na FSA, 'Akwai abubuwan da ke faruwa a Farringdon da za ku je London don!'

A cikin 2010, Arts & Health South West sun ba da rahoto kan fasaha a cikin al'umma. Sakamakon ya kasance mai ban sha'awa, gano cewa a cikin al'ummomin da ke da cibiyar al'adu, mutane sun rayu tsawon lokaci kuma sun sami ƙananan matsalolin lafiyar hankali. Abu mafi ban mamaki shi ne cewa waɗannan fa'idodin sun shafi kowa - ba tare da la'akari da halarta ko shiga cikin abubuwan da suka faru ba. Gaskiyar wanzuwar fasaha kawai ya isa.

Ana zuwa wannan watan Satumba…

Na yi farin ciki da cewa - a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin cika shekaru 20 - baje koli na musamman wanda ke ba da labarin FSA zai gudana a zauren Kauyen tsakanin 16 ga Satumba zuwa 22 ga Satumba. Masu fasahar FSA (Allie Giles, Imogen Hallam da Dave Robinson) za su baje kolin ayyukansu a wannan lokacin. Wannan zai yi daidai da dawowar Devon Open Studios ku Farringdon.

Bugu da ƙari, na tuntuɓi wasu daga cikin waɗanda suka yi da kuma baje kolin a cikin shekaru ashirin na FSA. Na yi farin ciki da cewa mutane da yawa za su koma ƙauyen don taimaka mana mu yi murna.

Muna da shiri mai ban sha'awa, tare da kiɗa daga mawaƙin gargajiya wanda ya sami lambar yabo Tom McLauchlan ne adam wata, wasan kwaikwayo daga Philip Kingslan John da kuma Hudu na Takobi rukunin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, nunin raye-raye daga mai shirya fim Daniel Loveday, da kuma magana daga mai zane Sarah Gillard, wanda zai ba da labarin ta ban mamaki Liberty Quilt.

Dare ɗaya kawai, gidan abincin mu na acoustic zai dawo - tare da tsohon ɗan wasan pian ɗinmu Simon Bastone yana shirin sake yin wasa. Za ka iya kawo naka gwanin kida don raba, a kan abin da alƙawarin zama abin tunawa maraice. Shirin namu zai zo karshe a ranar Lahadi, 22 ga Satumba tare da Tittle Tattle Teatime - masu sauraro tare da ban dariya Sally Sedgman, Babban mai magana bayan abincin dare da kuma abokin LittlePod na dogon lokaci da jakada, tare da babban shayi da Vivien Barnes ya bayar, wanda Sheila Ogilvie ya taimaka.

Da fatan za a taimake mu don bikin shekaru 20 na fasahar al'umma a Farringdon wannan Satumba. Ziyarci gidan yanar gizon FSA or tuntube mu a nan don gano more.