“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, DavidEsterly chose to
A study of the work of Grinling Gibbons, the decorative woodcarver, seen through the eyes of a fellow carver. The flamboyant cascades of lifelike blossoms, fruits, birds and fish created by Gibbons fo
The author of Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving recounts the story of his own career as a woodcarver and his rise to a forefront practitioner of the Baroque artist's forgotten technique, tracing
