{"product_id":"playing-with-fire-edmund-de-waal-and-axel-salto-paperback","title":"Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAxel Salto\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eEdmund de Waal\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eSanne Flyvbjerg\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA conversation across time and space connecting words, images and ceramics from Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned artist and writer Edmund de Waal (born 1964) meets acclaimed Danish ceramist Axel Salto (1889-1961), considered one of the greatest masters of 20th-century ceramic art. Salto was a poet and critic, artist and textile designer, whose work--much like de Waal's--plays on the memorial, the expressible and the intangible, and the ability or lack of language to define these feelings. Both men's multifaceted practices interact in harmony in this delicate, thoughtful book. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e begins with excerpts from Salto's writings, including poems, design treatises and more, illustrated by archival copies of his publications from the 1930s and 1940s. In the latter part of the book, de Waal responds to Salto's life and legacy in a meditative essay, while we watch him at work in his studio. Admirers of contemporary ceramics or de Waal's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with the Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e will be enthralled with this moving publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48246592307448,"sku":"9788232805884","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/FVsC781W-b9788232805884.webp?v=1776311406","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/playing-with-fire-edmund-de-waal-and-axel-salto-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}