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There were also 100, numbered special editions printed, which have a bookplate
designed and signed by the author.
There are now very few of these available exclusively from this website at £85 each
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A FASCINATING GALLERY OF CARVINGS FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SCULPTORS

 This book is an opportunity for lovers of fine woodcarving to examine the work of one of the art form's living masters, Ian Norbury, detailing his innovative techniques and his original and imaginative subjects.

More than 100 photographs richly illustrate his work in this book which combines a mastery of woodcarving technique and a rich imagination inspired by artists such as the Mexican surrealist Remedios Varo, Barlach, Dali, Magritte, Fuchs and Jonssen. Ian is steeped in European cultural history and has an overwhelming sense of the fatalistic repetition of history and the inevitability of the archetypal errors of humanity endlessly repeating themselves.

 Recognised as one of world's leading wood sculptors, Ian Norbury is in demand as a teacher worldwide. His work is astonishing in its virtuosity of execution, enigmatic mystery and beauty. In recent years his innovative use of metals, stones, shells, gems, mixed timbers and inlays of coloured woods have given his work new direction.

 Norbury continues to push the boundaries of woodcarving, perhaps in directions that will dismay the traditionalists, enrage the politically correct and delight his fans. Much of his work is based on European folklore and mythology combined with cynical
tongue-in-cheek side­swipes at the pomposity of contemporary life. This finds an easy rapport with audiences and his great technical expertise in the rendering of detail and his acute observations of expressions and appearances are irresistible to many people.