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The Lost Carving

The Lost Carving A Journey to the Heart of Making

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The highly acclaimed memoir of a renowned artisan with a new introduction by Jenny Uglow, The Lost Carving reveals 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 Gibbons's 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 Gibbons's masterpiece, Esterly was the only candidate to restore his idol's work to glory, though the experience forced him to question his abilities and delve deeply into the subtle skills of making. 

Book information

ISBN: 9780715655245
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Imprint: Duckworth
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 736.4092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 270g
Height: 128mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 24mm