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This brilliant little book, published in July 2011, shows what metal clay can achieve in the right hands. Full of pictures and with a forward by Michael David Sturlin, this is metal clay work at its best. Featuring metal clay artists from around the world, some well known, some not so well known, you’ll find this a brilliant source of inspiration.

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An over-protected child, a neglected child, a Polish immigrant and an old lady living lives of differing loneliness. They each find meaning in the nature and small animal life of a nearby park. Their lives sometimes overlap and they seem to communicate and take comfort from each other in small ways and yet this reader, at least, could not relax as an overwhelming foreboding stalked the narrative. The book relies heavily on Hadar’s previous books: The Handbook of Metal Clay: Textures and Forms, Silver and Bronze Clay: Movement and Mechanisms, Mixed Metal Jewelry from Metal Clay, and Pattern of Color in Metal Clay, as well as on her blog and Instruction Manual. Hadar Jacobson – Mixed Metal Jewelry from Metal Clay He is an author often suggested on National Curriculum reading lists in the United Kingdom and has attracted the attention of academics who specialise in the study of children's literature. I understand that the natural places in this book were characters themselves and that love of the natural world bonded our characters, but I feel I missed something here. Could these places serve as metaphors (more than just the shared interest of the characters)? Sure, but I didn't get that. I've read poems that use the natural world powerfully, and you know there's deeper meaning there. I just didn't get that here.Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They’re full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O’Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him—maybe some of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul. But it’s Stephen who sees something special in Davie. I would not teach this in my classroom. However, if I had to I would connect it to Frankenstein somehow. I do not see how you could teach this book without making a reference to God, and how Stephen and Frankenstein are somewhat taking over the role of God by creating a living being. Jozef, is a middle-aged Polish immigrant who works in house clearances by day and in a takeaway by night; observing the small park as he mourns the farm he lost because he couldn’t deal with new EU regulations. He realises that TC is alone outside for far too long and he sees signs that he is hungry, so he tactfully offers him food and tries to he his friend. The style is strangely disjointed, but in a good way. I was always aware I was reading a beautifully written book, rather than feeling immersed in the characters worlds. A story recounted rather than a ripping yarn. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.

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This book was odd, but after discussing it with others, I came to really like this book. I read this book to see why it is banned in some places. I also wanted to read this book to see what the symbolism of clay was within the story. David Almond's writing is gorgeous, and the mood in this book and in his more recent novel, Raven Summer, is very stark and introspective and so true to early adolescence and the thoughts inside the minds of 6th graders everywhere. As disturbing as this book was, I enjoyed every minute of it, and I'm about to go running to my library's shelves for more of his writing.Almond captures all the energy and awkwardness of youth. A first kiss, sneaking cigarettes, goofing around in class, growing away from a best friend—all these scenes are woven into the darker story of Stephan and Davie’s creation. Underneath it all is a childlike egoism that makes these boys feel responsible for the bad things that happen: If we wish it and it happens, then it must have happened because of us.

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PERSONALIZED BOOK STAMP | Self Inking Library Stamp | Custom library Stamp | From the Library of Stamp | Book Lover | Personalized Stamp Sometimes the we-all-love-nature theme seemed forced. I suppose I want the information shared with me to be essential to the story. Not going a bit deeper into the characters - versus the setting - left some of them with little dimension. There were hints of dimension at times but not enough. It's difficult for me to comment on this book. Based on the description, it should have been a five for me. TC leaves the house to avoid an argument his mother is having with her boyfriend, and Jozef sees him outside in the rain, so invites him indoors to get food, sensing that he is being neglected. Throughout the course of the book TC makes friends with Daisy, but also forms a close bond with Jozef, who is in his forties; because of this, people start to make assumptions about his motivations for hanging around with TC.David Almond's 2006 novel, Clay, is, like many other books by this author, a tale of boyhood in northeastern England. It's the story of a young Catholic altar boy whose priest encourages him to befriend Stephen Rose, the strange new boy in town, who was thrown out of the seminary for mysterious reasons. As Davie, the story's protagonist, spends more and more time with the newcomer, he finds that the boy possesses strange and dangerous powers, powers that enable him to create life from ordinary clay, powers which he might intend to use for ill rather than for good.

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I'm from New Zealand so I like my free stuff. I feel like a failure if I fill my plate less than four times at a buffet, and at a wedding or work Christmas party it's rare to find me with fewer than two drinks in my hands at any one time. This novel being the first Goodreads freebie I've read, I was hoping it'd be a five star gem for me. Not sure how it works - if I give a bad review will I not win free books again?? Cold Porcelain Mama Dora FLEXIBLE, Porcelana Fria Mama Dora, Professional Air Dry Clay, Porcelanicron David Almond is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical acclaim. He was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia. When he was young, he found his love of writing when some short stories of his were published in a local magazine. He started out as an author of adult fiction before finding his niche writing literature for young adults. As we jumped from character to character (which I like), I wanted the tension to build. I wanted to feel that horrible feeling when we can predict how these worlds are going to collide and blow up. We're told at the beginning what's going to happen. In this case, the break from pure chronology failed. Some stories start with the end, and you're still enthralled. In this case, you're not. There's no tension in this story. It also failed because there's essentially nothing after that. When you're told the ending at the beginning, you expect a bit more. Otherwise, as in this case, the story is anticlimactic. When the crisis reached its climax, it seemed rushed. hornbeams, service trees, acacias and Turkey oaks with bristly acorn cups like little sea anemones. It was alive with squirrels, jays and wood mice, while in spring thrushes let off football rattles from the treetops, and every few summers stag beetles emerged to rear and fence and mate …“I read this book in preparation to teach to a Y7 class (11-12 year olds). Whilst the writing was good and there was nothing glaringly wrong with the characters (in fact, Y7s would probably find the characters relatable and engaging), I think I became a little confused with the message of this book. A beguiling book that entwined people and nature. Loved the prose, not over precious, yet I could see and hear and sense the seasons as they were described. Also because the setting was in London, the nature was small and confined, with just a hint, an echo of something greater and wilder, perhaps like the wolf the little boy wanted to see. Then again, I'm not sure if anyone else thought this, too. I only really noticed this because it was so heavily contrasted with Davie's wonderful romantic evening with Maria. Nothing else in the story is developed from this, so it wasn't exactly relevant to the plot, other than Stephen perhaps trying to alienate Davie? Still, this isn't a great message. I really didn't understand that part, and it gave me a sour taste for the rest of the book. Disturbing, thought-provoking. Original...In this slim book, we're challenged to re-examine our beliefs as Davir is challenged.