A Life Shaped by Many Hands Ernst Juch arrived in the world in Gotha on 25 April 1838. His early years were marked by a profound loss, as he was orphaned at only two years old. This early solitude perhaps drew him toward the tactile and steadying work of the arts. He began his training under the court sculptor Eduard Wolfgang, learning the discipline required to shape form from raw material. By 1857, his hands were busy at the Plaue po…