The Happy Squirrel
Does anyone have this deck?
Have the cards been always that thin.....?
Have the cards been always that thin.....?
Light and Shadow by Goepferd & Williams
Nemia
I have this deck, and bought it many years ago, so probably... yes, the cards ARE thin.
But they are beautiful and expressive, and while I don't read with it often, I love it and use it for in-depth exploration of the archetypes.
I see it as the "older brother" of the World Spirit, another lino-cut deck that I love. It's such an interesting technique - the energy transfers from the artist to the lino or wood, then via print to the paper - and the lino becomes superfluous after having absorbed the intense power and concentration of the knife's cut. In this process, negative and positive switch their places. It's always a surprise to see the result when you lift the paper from the print.
It's a fascinating process and the results IMO very powerful. No wonder Expressionist art re-discovered these "primitive" printing techniques and valued them higher than the more sophisticated techniques of etching or aquatint.
What a pity both men are no longer alive - I'd love to have seen what their development would have been. Williams' own artistic technique was so different, so delicate and neo-Classicist. It speaks volumes about him that he could appreciate Goepferd's art that's so different from his. He must have been such an interesting man.
But they are beautiful and expressive, and while I don't read with it often, I love it and use it for in-depth exploration of the archetypes.
I see it as the "older brother" of the World Spirit, another lino-cut deck that I love. It's such an interesting technique - the energy transfers from the artist to the lino or wood, then via print to the paper - and the lino becomes superfluous after having absorbed the intense power and concentration of the knife's cut. In this process, negative and positive switch their places. It's always a surprise to see the result when you lift the paper from the print.
It's a fascinating process and the results IMO very powerful. No wonder Expressionist art re-discovered these "primitive" printing techniques and valued them higher than the more sophisticated techniques of etching or aquatint.
What a pity both men are no longer alive - I'd love to have seen what their development would have been. Williams' own artistic technique was so different, so delicate and neo-Classicist. It speaks volumes about him that he could appreciate Goepferd's art that's so different from his. He must have been such an interesting man.
The Happy Squirrel
I wish I have discovered them earlier but I only know they existed recently.
This is one of my favourite decks
I love the tiny book that comes with it.
Love the art. The haiku-like poems at the start of each card's write up
I am going to find out more about these guys
Thanks Nemia
This is one of my favourite decks
I love the tiny book that comes with it.
Love the art. The haiku-like poems at the start of each card's write up
I am going to find out more about these guys
Thanks Nemia
FLizarraga
Great deck. Bad cardstock, huge, awkward square cards. Great deck. Hard to trim, too --the majors are like twenty different sizes, and this was one of my first trim jobs. It almost drove me crazy. GREAT deck.
That's a very interesting, very perceptive observation, Nemia.
I love Williams' style, but for some reason his cards are for me more an object of contemplation and study.
The Light and Shadow, though, is a reader for me. I like Goepferd's art, its expressionistic "crudeness," less than I like Williams', but it speaks to me at a gut level, something Williams' doesn't.
I have been able to unearth very little about Williams. Yes, he must have been a truly exceptional individual.
The Happy Squirrel
Light and Shadow by Goepferd & Williams
Indeed it reminds me of the World Spirit I like that one too
Indeed it reminds me of the World Spirit
I like that one too The Happy Squirrel
Agree. I don't think it can be trimmed properly.... If you managed, could you please show us please...?
rylla
Agree. I don't think it can be trimmed properly.... If you managed, could you please show us please...?
...but it can be colored easily
The Happy Squirrel
I never thought about colouring them That is an interesting idea. But I don't think I ever would
That is an interesting idea. But I don't think I ever would FLizarraga
Agree. I don't think it can be trimmed properly.... If you managed, could you please show us please...?
Sorry, haven't had times to take pics and post them...
I promise I will soon.
The Happy Squirrel
Oh no rush Fliz I'll just bookmark this thread and I'll pop in when you post back
I'll just bookmark this thread and I'll pop in when you post back 