The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making

Awestruck at the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, 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' forgotten technique, which revolutionized ornamental sculpture in the late 1600s.