It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to this blog and as you’ll notice, I’ve decided to make a fresh start. The blog itself has been given a visual facelift and I’ve removed all my previous posts.
Much of what I previously posted revolved around publicity for the original edition of the Quantum Tarot. Many of you will know that Kunati Books, the deck’s original publisher went bust late last year, sending the deck out of print. Thankfully for Kay Stopforth and myself, Lo Scarabeo, the Italian tarot publisher stepped in very quickly and offered to re-publish the deck in a new edition. This will hit the shelves in the autumn.
Lo Scarabeo have shown huge enthusiasm for the project and as a result, we’ve worked with them to create a new and updated version of the Quantum Tarot concept. I’ve re-visited each image and revised it, taking advantage of the advances I’ve made in Photoshop technique since 2007. Many of the changes Kay and I decided on were directly influenced by feedback from users of the first edition. We both hope this new version will transport you into the same magical universe as the original but when you open your eyes, you’ll find your surroundings brought to you in more vivid focus.
I love this new version. Both Kay and I feel we’ve finally been able to create the deck we would have ideally created back in 2006 but didn’t have the experience to create at the time. We hope that you as the reader will find your reading experience enriched by this new edition. Lo Scarabeo certainly have a few surprises up their sleeve. The deck will feature UV spot printing; where key features and symbols within the card images will be highlighted with gloss varnish. Creating the digital masks for the print process was a massive challenge for me, taking me into uncharted territory on a technical level but I can’t wait to see the results now the job’s completed.
I’ll post more news on the deck’s progress as we have it. In the meantime, I’ve posted one of my favourite new images from Quantum 2.0 (see above). This is the Queen of Wands and she embodies our new approach to the Court Cards. We’ve tried to maintain as much as possible of the key symbolism from the original version but almost all the feedback we received said that most readers would prefer not to see photographs of real people on the cards. In an attempt to achieve a more archetypal feel, we used silhouettes, antique etchings of mythical figures or as here, figures from paintings. Our Queen of Wands is Venus and I’ve based her on the painting of the goddess herself by J. Collier. I hope you like her.
