Clay Eaters
Client: Auckland University Press
Book design
Clay Eaters traverses a network of fault lines diverging and converging at unexpected angles: a mysterious jungle island, military reconnaissance training, the spirits in the trees and abandoned temples, old family homes, the echoes across rooms, the dining table set for the archetypal feast. Here the author asks what it means to write the self, and what it is the living must carry.
The cover explores themes of identity, growth, and spiritual longing through the image of tree roots viewed from below, in a surreal and watery environment.
Above: Cover art in progress. Image is constructed from several photographs of different roots.