Process and meaning

 

This is an original design for Haruki Murakami's novel ´Norwegian Wood'. It was created in response to Penguin student awards competition.

 

I built the scene depicted on the cover by laser cutting pieces of wood and painting them with spray.  I decided to recreate the simple and minimalistic style of Murakami's world with very minimalistic tones.

 

The story is situated in the snowy mountains. Suicide is a recurring theme in this novel, thus the use of fake blood. In the story, there is a reference to future and past. The trees symbolise the future and the blood symbolise the past. The bridge symbolise the transition from one to another.