Cover and inside illustrations for the short story "The Prophet's Hair" by Salman Rushdie, exploring the story's themes of fate, control versus chaos,and darkness amidst beauty.

The story follows a wealthy family living in the valley of Kashmir during a harsh winter, to whom misfortune falls when the father of the family comes across the mystical Prophet's hair and becomes obsessed and abusive.
These scenes were created by painting on a broken plate with watercolor, and photographing the compositions against a sheet of ice. The broken plate results from a moment in the text, just before the hair has been found:

"Within a few hours, however, the glassy contentment of that household, of that life of porcelain delicacy and alabaster sensibilities, was to be shattered beyond all hope of repair."

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Completed in Fall 2016, using a broken plate, watercolor, ice, and photography.