The Deck of Cards

Wow - I have been looking for these cards for many years and only recently have I managed to find some information that lead me here.
Many, many years ago I went to the Tate gallery in London, due to my ever increasing interest in art, and whilst in the gift shop I purchased a poster with these card designs on as I was so intrigued by the concept.
Shortly after I began thinking about doing something similar myself, i.e. make an art pack of cards with a completely different design for each card, I wanted them to be alternately witty, surreal, abstract, and some of course I would borrow from the actual regular card design (especially if I started to run out of ideas !) The other criteria I had was that each design would have be made the same size as an actual playing card.
Many of the cards I had made were never really going to work as a playable deck though, but instead (much in the same way that poster I bought all those years ago at the Tate) I always envisioned it as a poster.
Although I was initially eager and I started well on the project, I eventually came to a halt due to the actual amount work involved in producing so many "mini" artworks and of course the very real task of coming up with a fresh design for each one - I did not want them to appear formulaic, I wanted it to be like a different artist for each card (although they were all my own design of course).
So the years rolled by and the cards that I had finished remained hidden in one of my art portfolio folders.
It was only recently when I was showing my art to my son and his children that he really took a like into both the concept and the art that I had created that he said "Dad, you really need to finish these cards ! they would look great in a frame - I would love that up on my wall in my new apartment !"
So now after 40 + years I have decided to return to the deck of cards and get them finished !
I am so glad to have found this page though as I always wanted to see these designs again, as the poster I bought has long since got lost somewhere along the way with the many house moves one has over the years.