A lush 78-card Tarot deck with birds and other flora and fauna of North America, illustrated with hand-colored linocuts.
This will be a quick and dirty update because I have 10 images left to carve and all I wanna do is finish this project! Whoohoo!
9 new images, colored and arranged for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
I wanted to share the interview I did with Beth over at Little Red Tarot. It gives some insight into my process, and is guaranteed to get you pumped about Rachel Pollack's contribution to the project .
The interview can be read here.
I'm still on target and blazing through these images. I plan on printing in about 2 and a half weeks so keep your eyes peeled for an update soon after.
-Emi
Hi Kickstarter buds!
I have exactly 20 images left to make, which means I've gone back to using my 20-sided die to determine which image is next to carve. It would have only been 18, but I've decided to re-do Death and The Fool. These cards were the very first images I made for this deck, and honestly it was before I clearly heard this deck's voice. Death needs to be a bigger idea (think: Extinction), and The Fool features species that are not native to North America. Artistic integrity demands I redo these images!
So, I rolled the die and it landed on 19, which means Death is up. Here are my sketches for the re-do:
Onto the new images! I've decided to continue posting the entire images in their low-res glory since the prints themselves are for sale. It would only be fair to see what you're paying for. SPOILERS, obviously.
Thanks again for everyone's patience. Back to work!
-Emi
Hi everyone!
I've been carving away here and have 11 new uncolored prints to share, but I'll start out by announcing the really really official launch date for the deck:
There will be a launch party here in Denver, Colorado on this date, which will be the very first place anyone can get their hands on this deck. If you have ordered through Kickstarter or BackerKit, you can pick up your deck in Denver on this date. All 78 colored prints used in the deck will also be available for sale at this party, and there will be some really incredible Denver musicians helping me kick this off!
Of course, not everyone can make it to the party, so I will be beginning shipping out to everyone else on Monday, July 16th.
Big thank you again to everyone for your continued patience. This date is locked down, and I will not be changing it again.
Onto prints!
Some of my favorite images from this deck so far were in this group! Also I'm now at 70% with the carved images. I think the next couple of months are going to be very productive.
Hi everyone! I've got a long overdue update with a ton of new colored images to share. But words first.
I want to first and foremost thank everyone for your continued patience while I've been working on these images. The two months between this update and the last had been somewhat difficult and just plain weird with chronic illness stuff getting followed by random viral illnesses in rapid succession. I'm feeling much, much, much better now and happy to be back in the saddle again.
It had been a little hard maintaining perspective on what has already been completed these last two months, but I recently took a look at my pile of completed (carved, colored, and scanned) images and was really impressed with how much has actually been completed. That's a big ass pile of prints, y'all.
I've also got another 6 carved blocks ready for press, as you can see below. I will either print these bad boys this week or wait until I have a few more carved images to add to the pile.
Either way, things are moving forward and I still feel good about getting everything ready for press by April. I'm already halfway finished carving the minor arcana!!
As a side note, I'll be in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area for Thanksgiving, so if there is enough interest, let's have a meet-up for coffee or beers! Comment below if y'all are interested.
Ok, enough words. Here are some completed images!
ARROWS
FEATHERS
HORNS
ROOTS
I have sooo much gratitude for everyone's patience. Making this deck has been and continues to be a wild ride.
Yours in carving,
Emi