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A stonemason's personal journey through England's south west, taking stock of the Romanesque sculpture that served as his initial inspiration, beginning at the stone font at St Basil's in Toller Fratrum.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Alex Woodcock is a writer and stonemason from the south coast of England. After completing a doctorate on medieval sculpture he worked for six years at Exeter Cathedral in Devon, where he helped repair the internationally significant west front. He has published work on Romanesque and Gothic stone sculpture, surrealist artists and the landscapes and geology of the south and southwest coasts of England. He is an award-winning poet and essayist, and in 2013 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Zusammenfassung
King of Dust is a stonemason's personal journey through the landscapes of south-west England and the sculpture that first inspired him to pick up tools: the Romanesque. The book follows a year of wanderings; both an archaeology and a meditation on learning a craft. Ultimately it is about the power of medieval art to transform a life.
