Making
breath, 2019
Artist’s book in an edition of 6 + 2 a / p + 1 h.c., signed and numbered by Edmund de Waal Published by Ivorypress
Part I — box
Wooden box / lectern
16 × 137.7 × 6.5 cm (closed)
Part II — book
Text by Edmund de Waal, with poems by Paul Celan
Letterpress printing on zerkall litho iv 410, tosa shi, and g.f smith colorplan papers
Pages treated with kaolin slip and gold leaf, overwritten by Edmund de Waal
Flyleaves on takeo youmoushi paper Cover in natural calf vellum
67.3 × 45.3 × 4.3 cm
Part III — installation
3 porcelain tiles with inscription and 1 porcelain tile with gold leaf on an onyx shelf
21 × 29 × 8 cm
Appears in
breath
