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General Category => Everything Else => Topic started by: Rusco on November 13, 2015, 07:01:22 AM

Title: Playing cards
Post by: Rusco on November 13, 2015, 07:01:22 AM

Hello folks,

Here we could talk about playing cards in general.

Also, I would be interested to hear your thoughts about playing cards based on the NMA?

As I told in a previous thread on the Trades & Swaps section I'd like to manufacture, craft, or print by hand a pack of playing cards that consists all the needed four suits and 'pips'. There should be a joker and all the other needed special cards.

The technique, or a 'media' to do this is called woodcut. That means, I'm going to carve images in plywood plates and then the image constructs only in the embossed areas. Then I roll printmaking inks for relief printing onto them and put them on the press table with an acid-free quality paper and print the images.

It will take time. I'd assume it's going to take some, maybe a couple of years before there would be the first series of playing cards. If I'm satisfied with them I may print more editions with my press.

The questions in my mind are what do you think who would likely be the characters that are used in the cards? Justin and band members, Joolz, and maybe some odd former band member?


If you're interested here are couple of links to playing cards on the web that've been manufactured by printmaking:


http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/8/275064/3991918/2.%20blue%20card.jpg

http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/woodcut-playing-cards.jpeg

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/images/4481/109535.jpg

Title: Re: Playing cards
Post by: Rusco on November 13, 2015, 09:59:37 AM

Here's more some examples:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20LJSUlGMAc/UmC8PV7NpHI/AAAAAAAAAH4/qHNSaEOoDIY/s1600/P1010031.JPG

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54f7962de4b0bf8595ce77e2/54ff84afe4b0fcc72b8e3293/54ff84ece4b0126b07f7dddb/1426031855955/P1010233.JPG?format=750w

Title: Re: Playing cards
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on November 13, 2015, 06:43:42 PM

I think that sounds a fantastic project Rusco  :) Would be a beautiful work of art.

Maybe you could use decades for suits so 80's would be diamonds,90's clubs etc. Perhaps you could use record covers as well as band members. I dunno .... that's quite a task you're setting yourself there!

Will be interested in progress reports  :-*

Title: Re: Playing cards
Post by: Pol on November 13, 2015, 06:53:58 PM

I left my suggestions on the trump card thread, yes I do like Anna's suggestion, maybe 4 different pictures of Justin through the decades for the aces, seems only fair