I started this deck on November 10th 1998 and
finished it Christmas Eve 1998. Some days I did as many as five or six cards. Other days I
did one or even none. I am not an artist, but I now have a much better appreciation of how
hard it is to create a Tarot deck. I also have an idea of how pleasurable it is! I
enjoyed this project 99% of the time. The other one percent was when I was making
construction errors (too much glue, cut too short, image too large, etc.) A lot of these
cards are personal in meaning. I used imagery that has a certain meaning for me, but won't
be apparent to others. This deck is for my personal use only so that doesn't matter. I
just tell you to explain why I won't display all of the cards here.
The first card I did was the High Priestess and the last was the Magician. My technique improved immensely in the time between them. I also tried to use every collage technique I could find short of painting and assemblage. I cut, tore, ripped, colored line drawings in, used black and white Dover Publications images and left them black and white, stayed in the borders, went outside the borders, used personal mail, photos, newsprint, and whatever else I could find. The entire project was a great learning experience for me. I learned about collage and more importantly, I learned a lot about Tarot and about myself.
Major Arcana
Court Cards
Minor Arcana