| The prose is taut and beautifully crafted, the story is woven with the intricate expertise of a master craftsman. |
| The Mouseman, as he was known, adopted the mouse motif after overhearing a craftsman speaking of being as poor as a church mouse. |
| So it happened that beginning at age six I was apprenticed to an old world craftsman. |
| He was an artist with the language, a craftsman who could tie paragraphs together the way sailors tie a slip knot. |
| He queried whether a craftsman who had been employed to carry out repairs was still employed by the council. |
| This surprises me for I've always thought of him as an exacting craftsman and, therefore, leery of artistic pretensions. |
