New Addition to the Zirkus Family
I've been thinking about the future of this deck beyond the first edition -- in the sense that I want it to HAVE a future.
Since the Big-Time deck publishers haven't exactly been knocking down my door to do a mass-market version of the deck, I've started looking in other directions.
... combine this with a bunch of other ideas tumbling around in my head, and what did I get? A Whole "New" Product: "Zircus brand Fortune Telling Playing Cards."
Think of the famous "Gypsy Witch" deck, but much better designed and derived from Tarot instead of Lenormand: A regular 52-card playing deck with images and meanings from the Zirkus Mägi printed on each card.
I'm doing this because it kills at least a couple of birds with one stone: I get to test a couple of different printers to see if they are up to handling the Zirkus images to my satisfaction, as a kind of "audition" for carrying on the full tarot deck, AND I get to see if there's any kind of market out there for this other kind of a deck (because I have several other ideas for more: I think of it as a kind of "Gateway Drug" for Tarot!
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The design work is all done, the proofs have been ordered up, and now I'm just waiting to see how two different printers handle the finished product.
A sneak peak at the look of the new playing card deck is at the Zirkus website,
http://circustarot.blogspot.com (click the link in the sidebar).
-- and We Shall See What Happens. I still can't promise a second edition of the full deck, but I'm working on it...
Thanks, all --
DT
www.ducksoup.me
