I admit I was a little nervous getting ready for my very first Tarot workshop, as I find it quite daunting to talk about myself and my art … Yet, walking through the door to the peaceful Magick Circle, butterflies settled, and I found myself looking forward to what the afternoon would bring.
Today, I bring you a more ‘hands on’ approach to reading, laying patience, and playing cards. If you are twiddling your thumbs with a new (or old) deck of cards, or if you are thinking about getting a deck – then the ideas and suggestions in this post should keep you busy for a while.
If you have followed posts here over the last few months, you’ll know I designed a poker size version of my playing cards, and entered this deck a design competition. Voting has concluded and the results are in …
Here is a preview of Nine Lives Playing Cards – the poker size deck… After a busy month of adjusting the original artwork, painting additional detail (to make use of the wider card size), and repositioning indices and other elements – the design is completed… and has been entered in the 2nd Annual PCF Deck Design Competition.
The 2nd Annual Deck Design Competition hosted over on playingcardforum.com inspired me to create a poker size version of Nine Lives playing cards. With my favourite number being 3, I see this deck as a compliment to both the original size playing cards and the tarot deck …
Tarot is a visual tool, and I find the best way to appreciate and connect with a deck is to look at the cards. If a card image jumps out at you and says ‘pick me’, it’s likely you will have a connection deck. In this post I share some new preview images of the tarot cards – placed on a background showing the ‘card back’.
This post takes a closer look at the outfits worn by the courts in Nine Lives playing cards. Find out why the Knight of Spades … Read more
With the playing cards only just launched, I am delighted at the positive responses and ever so grateful to everyone coming on board to support this … Read more
Exciting news! The wait is over, the playing cards are here – let the shuffling and games begin! These brand new decks ready to be … Read more
The artwork has been sent to the printer where presses are working to complete this little deck of cards. In this post you’ll find a preview of the card box, which … Read more
The artwork for Nine Lives Illustrated Playing Cards is completed and the designs are now (most excitedly) in the hands of the printers… I am hoping to … Read more
This past week has been very much in the flavour of the Tower… On Monday the worst storms in over 100 years began their destructive … Read more
The 5th Aeclectic Tarot collaborative deck is nearing completion, thanks to the brilliant effort put in by the two main organisers, and also the artist contributors. I … Read more
In this post I would like to share the first official review of Nine Lives Tarot on Aeclectic Tarot: Read the review on Aeclectic Tarot About the … Read more
The deadline for the 5th Collaborative Aeclectic Tarot deck has been extended to the 1st of April… Time ran away (as it does), and got the … Read more