Playing Card Designs
These playing card designs were created with pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper. They are an attempt to create new suits, based on various philosophical premises. The Suit of Polarites replaces Hearts and contains symbols of positive and negative; for example yin/yang, sun/moon, and so on. The Suit of Elements replaces Spades and includes symbols for earth, air, water, and fire. The Suit of Cells replaces Diamonds and includes images of neurons and living cells undergoing cell division. The final Suit of Mandalas, which will replace Clubs, is in progress.
Please e-mail your comments to me at jashford@jashford.com
For an interesting web site devoted to playing cards see Bob Lancaster's home page at http://members.aol.com/rslancastr/blgupc/blgupc.htm
World of Playing Cards is a fascinating site, maintained in England by Simon Wintle, on the history, design and manufacture of playing cards, with a link to the English Playing Card society.
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| The Suit of Polarities Checkerboards, sine waves, sun and moon, electrons and nucleus, yin and yang |
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| The Suit of Elements Wind, water, wood, fire, earth |
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| The Suit of Cells Neurons, DNA strands, cell mitosis Coming eventually The Suit of Mandalas |
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