Mark Fisher

How good an artist is Edmund de Waal?

A review of Edmund de Waal, by A.S. Byatt, Colm Toibin, Peter Carey, Emma Crichton Miller and others. A book of discursive essays, short stories and photographs that explores the potter’s many paths and influences

‘A Sounding Line’ (2006–7). Detail of de Waal’s 66 porcelain vessels in white and celadon glazes, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Getty Images/iStock]

  • Edmund de Waal

    A.S. Byatt, Colm Tóibín, Peter Carey, Emma Crichton-Miller and others

    Phaidon, pp. 271

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