one special pack of cards

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Seven of Hearts

two clans marching.....the brave hearts and the sharp-bladed spades!

Monday, 29 March 2010

The Seven of Spades


the seven knights who guard the gates to the kingdom of spades. They march with the 'spade step' in perfect uniform

Thursday, 25 March 2010

The jack of Diamonds




jack lost one eye in a duel with the jack of spades. He managed to escape without further injury thanks to his diamond sculpted suit of armour....

The King of Diamonds


the king and his sharp-tongued wife...

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Two of Hearts


these two cats are the pets of the queen. She brings them small animal hearts to play with.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Motifs

like any ruling family each suit of cards has it's own symbols. I was starting to think about the design for the back of the cards and I thought that I could perhaps incorporate these symbols into a pattern? what do you think?