The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124412ISBN-10:143124412UPC:9780143124412Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Art, Crafts & HobbiesBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, History, WoodworkBook Topic:Baroque & RococoSize:8.01 x 5.79 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCE9MP90ST
The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making
"A beautiful, intricate meditation on creativity and discovery, on fire and rebirth." --Elizabeth Gilbert
Awestruck at the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, David Esterly chose to dedicate his life to woodcarving--its physical rhythms, intricate beauty, and intellectual demands. Forty years later, he is the foremost practitioner of Gibbons's forgotten technique, which...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124412ISBN-10:143124412UPC:9780143124412Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Art, Crafts & HobbiesBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, History, WoodworkBook Topic:Baroque & RococoSize:8.01 x 5.79 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCE9MP90ST
David Esterly is the author of Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving and curated the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition on Gibbons in 1998. He has been a professional limewood carver since the 1970s and has been profiled in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Financial Times. He has written for many magazines, including The Times Literary Supplement and House & Garden. He lives...
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