The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making

ISBN-13: 9780143124412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str.

David Esterly

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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 revolutionized ornamental sculpture in the late 1600s with its spectacular cascades of flowers, fruits, and foliage.

After a disastrous fire at Henry VIII s Hampton Court Palace, Esterly was asked to replace the Gibbons masterpiece destroyed by the flames. It turned out to be the most challenging year in Esterly s life, forcing him to question his abilities and delve deeply into what it means to make a thing well. Written with a philosopher s intellect and a poet s grace, "The Lost Carving" explores the connection between creativity and physical work and illuminates the passionate pursuit of a vocation that unites head and hand and heart."