dadsnook2000
I'm in the process of woodcarving and painting an entire set of miniature tarot cards. I'm about half way there having completed the major arcana, the court cards and some of the minor arcana cards (Aces, twos, working on the threes). All of mine can be seen on my website.
What I find about the carving process is that I sometimes have to take a simple approach in terms of the detail or the number of symbolic items to be included. The three dimensional effect makes the cards exciting and interesting but it makes it more difficult to include minute details. This is influenced by the fact that I make molds and replicate the cards, so each card has to be hand-painted and cannot be "printed" in volume.
As for working with the completed deck, I'll just toss them all into a bag and draw them out instead of shuffling and splitting. Dave
What I find about the carving process is that I sometimes have to take a simple approach in terms of the detail or the number of symbolic items to be included. The three dimensional effect makes the cards exciting and interesting but it makes it more difficult to include minute details. This is influenced by the fact that I make molds and replicate the cards, so each card has to be hand-painted and cannot be "printed" in volume.
As for working with the completed deck, I'll just toss them all into a bag and draw them out instead of shuffling and splitting. Dave