Shantaram
The love of a brilliant page-turning book is how this handmade project was born.
From using Indian spices, breaking hearts, and fixing them, to staging and photography, this handmade brief was created and designed for the book ‘Shantaram’.
Breaking glass hearts
Cutting the 'Shan' of 'Shantaram' stencil
Placing resin over the cracks to stabilise the heart
Photo session
One of the original photographs with a lighter blue paper stained with tumeric
Couldn't resist showing this close up of the paprika filled heart - cracks and all
The set up you don't see
The chosen front cover image
The Process
Creating this handmade book cover was a lot of fun. There were a lot of parts to it but am absolutely ecstatic that it all came together.
Shantaram Process video.
Sound on.