Edmund de waal porcelain book

Journey into an obsession and millions of other books are available for instant. Porcelain of the purest white remains the primary material out of which he. Polyglot, steeped in art and literature and history, able to throw a pot and turn a sentence with equal skill, endlessly curious and stupendously diligent, aesthetic to his fingertips but also deeply moral, mr. Giorgio morandi he held a lecture about his latest book the white road a journey. His porcelain has been displayed in many museum collections around the world and he has recently made a huge installation for the dome of the victoria and albert museum in london. On a personal pilgrimage to the countries and people who. This is a haunting book, a book that amasses itself piece by piece, gaining in weight. His bestselling memoir, the hare with amber eyes, was shortlisted for numerous prizes and won the costa biography award and. He is working on exhibitions for museums in the uk and america and on commissions for private clients.

So the book opens with a travelogue, an account of being in the midst of a. He handed me, for instance, a 1,000yearold chinese porcelain plate. Today his porcelain is in thirty international museum collections. In 2011 he was awarded the order of the british empire for service to the arts. At the heart of this project is an artists book, published by ivorypress. In a sense, this 400page meditation on the history of porcelain was the book. His book, the hare with the amber eyes, is a treasure of history and family that has the power to educate world history effectively and in context.

The white road is a cultural history of porcelain, but its also, as its subtitle says. There is a series of seventeen new works created by the. Its about value and also about cost, the way they sometimes refuse to balance out. The history of porcelain, as told in the white road, is a constantly surprising, sometimes. A ceramist looks to porcelain, its history in the west and its influence on his work. That book followed the fate of a collection of netsuke small. He takes us to porcelains very beginnings in china, recounts its journey to europe, layover in tennessee, and expansion to the rest of the world. The white road an obsessive journey into the world of porcelain. His bestselling memoir, the hare with amber eyes, won the rsl ondaatje prize and the costa biography award. Unveiled to great acclaim during the venice biennale 2019, this porcelaincovered pavilion is intended as a place of contemplation and dialogue. He is known for his largescale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. A worldrenowned ceramicist and installation artist before publishing the. That book followed the fate of a collection of netsuke small japanese carvings acquired by.

On a personal pilgrimage to the countries and people who make porcelain, the authors first stop is china and jingdezhen, the city of porcelain. He is most well known for his large scale installations of porcelain vessels and has received several awards and. The chinese had begun making porcelain many centuries ago, and the book is. The first part takes place at the scuola canton, a sixteenthcentury synagogue under the aegis of museo ebraico, and includes new installations of porcelain, marble, and gold. Sitespecific works made of porcelain, steel, gold, marble, and glass were displayed in the museums main galleries alongside works from the permanent collection. His latest work, the library of exile, has been designed as a place for people to experience the literature of. He was apprenticed as a potter, studied in japan, and studied english at cambridge. May 8september 29, 2019 museo ebraico and ateneo veneto, venice. The conversation was presented in november 2019 in association with the exhibition elective affinities. A mix of travelogue and memoir, anecdote and specialist study, this meditation on a mineral, by the author of. His bestselling memoir, the hare with the amber eyes, won the rsl ondaatje prize and the costa biography award and in 2015 he was awarded the windhamcampbell prize for nonfiction by yale university.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Edmund was apprenticed as a potter, studied in japan, and read english literature at cambridge university. When he later inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could. His bestselling memoir, the hare with amber eyes, was shortlisted for numerous prizes and won the costa biography award and the rsl ondaatje prize. Journey into an obsession and millions of other books are available. The book itself is something vast out of porcelain, an eccentric, ungainly, oneoff vessel, and it buckles. The idea behind the white road is given on page three. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The number one sunday times bestsellerwinner of the 2010 costa biography award264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox. At the time how to make porcelain was a mystery to potters at home. In 2015 he was awarded the windhamcampbell prize for non fiction by yale university.