{"product_id":"lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making","title":"Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Esterly\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143124412\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful, intricate meditation on creativity and discovery, on fire and rebirth.\" --Elizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwestruck 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Carving\u003c\/i\u003e explores the connection between creativity and physical work and illuminates the passionate pursuit of a vocation that unites head and hand and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making | David Esterly | Paperback | 9780143124412 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1776670","offer_id":50760450834690,"sku":"1776670","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61DZMwMzciL.jpg?v=1792045085","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}