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Art Playing Cards | The Arthurian Collection | Ending Soon on Kickstarter!
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 08:05:07 AM

MORGANA Illuminations continues forward with The Arthurian Collection,  which follows our successful debut of MERLIN • Illuminations last year. We are so thrilled to present to you Morgan le Fay, Sorceress and Enchantress of Myth and Legend, here on Kickstarter!

And what better way than through Sorcery, the work of consummate Artistry that forms the back of the decks. A woven textural representation of Man vs Nature, War and Peace, Life and Death.

This is a ten day campaign only, and ending tomorrow, so pledge now!

kind regards,

Soleil and Dent-de-Lion

Was This Sorceress More Powerful Than Merlin?
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 01:07:04 PM

We are thrilled to present MORGANA • Illuminations, the companion deck to our popular MERLIN • Illuminations, the second deck in The Arthurian Collection.

This is a ten days only campaign so check it out here on kickstarter now!

Back by Popular Demand!
over 4 years ago – Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 09:39:48 PM

We've had many new backers asking for our four special Black Steel figures. In the Holiday spirit we thought to make them available for the last three days of the campaign.

Leonardo Masterworks

• Black Rhombi | Blackened Steel | $52
• Black Mortar | Blackened Steel | $68
• Black Skull | Blackened Steel | $72
• Black Battle Horse | Blackened Steel | $92

Hand inspected, expertly packed, and shipped FREE to our Studio Limited Edition backers worldwide from our studios in Switzerland.

We have a price now for the Bog Oak Pedestal.

It will ship in two basic configurations:

• Designed for your gold and silver Leonardo Masterworks | Studio Limited Edition pair.
• Designed for your Studio Limited Edition pair AND your Warrior Marker.

Custom Configurations are available for the same price. We have backers who want a space for their Rhombi, or their Mortar.

• Bog Oak Pedestal | $58

Like the Bog Oak Vault, it will be completely handmade - precisely routed, masterfully finished and hand oiled (six coats!). It will be crafted from the same 2000 year old bog oak.

Once again, a big thank you to those of you who ordered a second Leonardo Masterworks | Studio Limited Edition pair, and privately messaged us on here on Kickstarter - your shipping is combined.

Click here to visit the Leonardo Masterworks campaign, now in its last days on Kickstarter!

kind regards,

Dent-de-Lion and Soleil

🏰 2000 Years Old Playing Card Magic... but New!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 10:13:04 AM

When we first imagined our Leonardo Masterworks | Bog Oak Vault three years ago… we knew we wanted something truly extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, and genuinely precious.

With our “unearthing” of ancient bog oak and the simultaneous discovery of our exceptional European boxmaker, we can now offer you a case worthy of your Gold Stage and Silver Stage treasures.

We are pleased to present to you, our two thousand years old... yet brand new… Bog Oak Vault!

Our exceedingly rare Bog Oak Vault is handmade in Europe. The Leonardo inspired hexagonal case is precision made throughout. A 24K gold plated bronzed steel Battle Horse is artfully embedded into the top, and serves as a handle. Inside, your wooden vault has a custom insert to hold your signed and numbered Leonardo Masterworks | Studio Limited Edition pair. The vault is hand sanded and finished with six coats of oil!

“Could you please tell us more about this ancient wood?”, demands all of our backers at once!

Certainly. Bog wood is a material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years. Bog-wood represents an early stage in the fossilisation of wood.

Oak trees are very rich in tannic acid. Tannins are well known for their powers of preservation. Tannins have the ability to mummify organic matter in high concentrations. Oaks that fell into a bog had a tendency to be preserved in the tannin-rich waters. Bog oak darkens over the millennia, slowly turning from golden brown wood into a lustrous, ebony-black color, that is also extremely hard and dense.

It is a rare form of timber that is comparable to some of the world's most expensive tropical hardwoods.

The Bog Oak Vault is the perfect compliment to your Leonardo Masterworks | Studio Limited Edition pair.

• Leonardo Masterworks | Bog Oak Vault | $395

Hand inspected, expertly packed, and shipped direct to you worldwide from our studios in Switzerland.

Visit the campaign here and add one to your pledge now!

♥️

Dent-de-Lion & Soleil
Art Playing Cards

It’s Friday… and things are black!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 01:28:48 PM

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