![between two breaths, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/between_two_breaths.jpg)
between two breaths, installation view2012
43 porcelain vessels in white and cream glazes, contained in two glass vitrines.
40 × 70 × 30 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![a promise, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/a_promise.jpg)
a promise, installation view2012
5 unglazed porcelain vessels contained in glass vitrines.
35 × 12 × 12 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![a promise, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/a_promise_2.jpg)
a promise, installation view2012
5 unglazed porcelain vessels contained in glass vitrines.
35 × 12 × 12 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![all and more, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/all_and_more.jpg)
all and more, installation view2012
A stack of 23 porcelain dishes: 22 in white and cream glazes and 1 gilded dish, contained in a vitrine.
35 × 12 × 12 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![a walk in the 8e, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/a_walk_in_the_8_e.jpg)
a walk in the 8e, installation view2012
11 porcelain vessels and jars in celadon, white and cream glazes, contained in three glass vitrines .
42 × 48 × 35 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![tell me more, tell me again, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/tell_me_more_tell_me_again.jpg)
tell me more, tell me again, installation view2012
5 stacks of 52 porcelain dishes in white and cream glazes contained in a vitrine.
40 × 50 × 25 cm
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![on the properties of fire, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/on_the_properties_of_fire.jpg)
on the properties of fire, installation view2012
48 porcelain vessels, jars and dishes in celadon and white glazes contained in 8 black lacquer, lead-lined boxes.
96.5 × 95 × 40 cm
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![K498, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/K498_1.jpg)
K498, installation view2012
27 porcelain vessels in black glazes, contained in three vitrines.
24 × 30 × 22 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![the fascination of what's difficult, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/the_fascination_of_whats_difficult.jpg)
the fascination of what's difficult, installation view2012
A garniture of 16 porcelain vessels in celadon and white glazes, contained in 6 black lacquer lead-lined boxes.
2 of 35 × 22 × 18.5 cm; 2 of 33 × 14.5 × 18.5 cm; 2 of 40 × 24.0 × 18.5 cm overall dimensions of each, including plinths
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![some words for music](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/some_words_for_music.jpg)
some words for music2012
37 porcelain dishes in black glazes, contained in 7 black lacquer trays inset with black glass.
5 × 20 × 26 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![something else, somewhere other, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/the_fascination_of_whats_difficcult_new.jpg)
something else, somewhere other, installation view2012
84 porcelain vessels and bowls in white and celadon glazes contained in two freestanding vitrines.
179.5 × 40 × 50 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![Unpacking my library, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/unpacking_my_library.jpg)
Unpacking my library, installation view2012
133 porcelain vessels and dishes in white and cream glazes contained in a glass-fronted black lacquer vitrine.
200 × 100 × 17 cm
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
![remembering X, I think of Y, installation view](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/making/edmund-de-waal-at-waddeston/_mediumImage/rememberingX_I_think_of_Y.jpg)
remembering X, I think of Y, installation view2012
48 unglazed porcelain vessels contained in two glass vitrines.
30 × 240 × 13 cm each
Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
20 April – 28 October 2012
Edmund de Waal created a new series of pieces inspired by the collections and interiors at Waddesdon. De Waal's series of installations, threaded through the ground floor rooms, served as a conversation with the collections at Waddesdon. Some of these groups of porcelain vessels related to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echoed the formal groupings of objects in 18th-century interiors. Others took on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.