Brothers in Clay

Brothers in Clay
Author: John A. Burrison
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780820332208

An illustrated study that tells the story of Georgia's folk pottery tradition, the forces that shaped it, and the families and artisans who continue to keep it alive provides a new preface that summarizes the past decade of southern folk pottery. Reprint.

Storytellers

Storytellers
Author: John A. Burrison
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1991
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780820312675

Presents 260 of the rural South's best stories collected over a twenty year period, with their roots in Anglo-Saxon, African-American, and Native American traditions

Clay Sculpting with the Shiflett Brothers

Clay Sculpting with the Shiflett Brothers
Author: Brandon & Jarrod Shiflett
Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781912843473

Clay sculpting royalty The Shiflett Brothers offer unique insight into their practices and the techniques used to create their stunning fantasy characters.

Bridge of Clay

Bridge of Clay
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375896996

The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family’s experience in the most profound way." —The Washington Post "Mystical and loaded with heart, it's another gorgeous tearjerker from a rising master of them." —Entertainment Weekly “Devastating, demanding and deeply moving.” —Wall Street Journal The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome? Written in powerfully inventive language and bursting with heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is signature Zusak.

From Mud to Jug

From Mud to Jug
Author: John A. Burrison
Publisher: Wormsloe Foundation Publications
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780820333250

A companion and sequel to Brothers in Clay--deepens and enriches Burrison's earlier study by focusing on the northeast corner of Georgia, which has maintained a continuous tradition of pottery making since the early nineteenth century.

Raised in Clay

Raised in Clay
Author: Nancy Sweezy
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1984
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition

Pottery, Politics, Art

Pottery, Politics, Art
Author: Richard D. Mohr
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780252027895

Pottery, Politics, Art uses the medium of clay to explore the nature of spectacle, bodies, and boundaries. The book analyzes the sexual and social obsessions of three of America's most intense potters, artists who used the liminal potentials of clay to explore the horrors and delights of our animal selves. Richard D. Mohr revives from undeserved obscurity the far-southern Illinois potting brothers Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick (1814-90, 1828-96) and examines the significance of the haunting, witty, and grotesque wares of the brothers' Anna Pottery (1859-96). He then traces the Kirkpatricks' decisive influence on a central figure in the American Arts and Crafts movement, George Ohr (1857-1918), known as the Mad Potter of Biloxi and arguably America's greatest potter. Finally, Mohr gives a new reading to Ohr's contorted, yet lyrical and ecstatic works. Abundant full-color and black-and-white photographs illustrate this remarkable art.

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers
Author: S. A. Harazin
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307494179

Without his job at the hospital, Clay would be lost. The hard work, the struggles of the patients, the drama in the ERÑit makes his days worth something, and gives focus to his dream of someday becoming a doctor. Clay can't afford to go away to college like the rest of his graduating senior class, but what other 17-year-old has delivered a baby or helped save a life?Still, Clay wishes his life could be more like his best friend Joey's. Joey has it all—a great family, a good college waiting for him at the end of the summer, money, a car. Clay has to bike everywhere, and the miles are starting to wear him down. But Joey's golden future shatters one day when he overdoses at a party. Now he's clinging to life at the hospital where Clay works, and Clay may even be implicated in Joey's injuries. Tension and emotion rise as those who love Joey gather and wait. Clay will do whatever he can to find out what happened at the party, and to help Joey recover. But to survive this ordeal Clay must draw on a strength he never knew he had.

Turners & Burners

Turners & Burners
Author: Charles G. Zug
Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1986
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This richly illustrated portrait of North Carolina's pottery traditions tells the story of the generations of 'tuners and burners' whose creation are much admired for their strength and beauty. The first comprehensive ceramic history for the state, this book examines the largely vanished world of folk potters and the continuing achievements of their descendants.

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers
Author: Randy Roberts
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 046509323X

An “engrossing and important book" (Wall Street Journal) that brings to life the fateful friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam, saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation’s message. The two became fast friends, keeping their interactions secret from the press for fear of jeopardizing Clay’s career. Clay began living a double life—a patriotic “good negro” in public, and a radical reformer behind the scenes. Soon, however, their friendship would sour, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. Based on previously untapped sources, from Malcolm’s personal papers to FBI records, Blood Brothers is the first book to offer an in-depth portrait of this complex bond. An extraordinary narrative of love and deep affection, as well as deceit, betrayal, and violence, this story is a window into the public and private lives of two of our greatest national icons, and the tumultuous period in American history that they helped to shape.