{"product_id":"the-lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making","title":"The Lost Carving - A Journey to the Heart of Making","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author, David Esterly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003e The 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\u003cp\u003eRead Norm Reid's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/info.highlandwoodworking.live\/woodworking_books\/the-lost-carving-book-review.html\" title=\"Book Review of The Lost Carving - A Journey to the Heart of Making\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e Book Review of \u003cem\u003e The Lost Carving - A Journey to the Heart of Making \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-14312-441-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 Pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50821922783514,"sku":"201049","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/5167\/3370\/files\/201049-01.jpg?v=1786031028","url":"https:\/\/www.highlandwoodworking.live\/products\/the-lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making","provider":"Highland Woodworking","version":"1.0","type":"link"}