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Author: Esterly, David
Carvings: artworks
Published on 15 February 2024 by Duckworth Books (Duckworth) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 304 pages
128 x 198 x 24 | 268g
The highly acclaimed memoir of a renowned artisan with a new introduction by Jenny Uglow,The Lost Carvingreveals the inspirational secrets of wood and craft. On a chance visit to St James's church, Piccadilly, David Esterly was awestruck by the delicate beauty and ambition of master carver Grinling Gibbonss limewood decorations. The encounter changed the course of Esterly's life as he devoted himself to these lost techniques.
By 1986, when a fire at Hampton Court Palace destroyed much of Gibbonss masterpiece, Esterly was the only candidate to restore his idols work to glory, though the experience forced him to question his abilities and delve deeply into the subtle skills of making.
