Universo das Pedras is the first book published by author and poet Alexandre de Carvalho Barbosa. It is a poetic work and its main topic is the material and immaterial nature of stones, how we connect with them and everything connected to them. It explores a wide range of subjects, taking the reader through the different points of view that the author presents. This book is the culmination of 10 years of work.

I was tasked to create the cover for this book, and set out to make it from scratch. A few ideas were brainstormed, out of which the present one was chosen due to its connection with the title ("The universe of stones"). A location was found and the spiral stonework was created by hand. I then took a set of pictures, edited them using Adobe Lightroom, and added the final touches and title in InDesign, finalizing the cover.