This work transforms a novel into a sculptural landscape, where the printed narrative and the carved form merge into a single, unified visual experience. By cutting through the book’s interior, I created a deep, branching structure that pulls the viewer’s eye toward the center, as if tracing a path into an unknown space. The carved layers form a kind of vortex—suggesting waves, wind, or shifting terrain—that echoes the illustrated cover while also disrupting it.

At the base of the piece stands a small silhouetted figure, positioned before the carved opening. This figure acts as both viewer and protagonist: someone on the threshold of entering a place shaped by memory, uncertainty, or desire. The swirling lines on the cover wrap around the interior hollow, creating a tension between what is printed and what has been excavated.

Like much of my Ex Libris series, this piece builds upon the book’s existing materials without introducing anything new. The interior structure is formed solely from the book’s own pages, their accumulated layers revealing a silent geography hidden within the text. The result is a space that feels simultaneously introspective and vast—a house at the edge of a world that is both imagined and carved into being.