Efflorescent
Gentle, dreamy Waite-Smith derivative with floral, delicate imagery.
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The record
The Efflorescent Tarot captures a gentle and delicate world infused with a sensitive and oftentimes dreamy energy. This is the self-published creation of artist Katie Rose Pipkin, predominantly molded in the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) tradition. Efflorescent means bursting into flower, and so a number of cards in the deck make this a central theme. In some cards, such as the 6 of Cups, it seems as if flowers are the central focus of the whole card, and the two protagonists are enmeshed in their world. In other cards such as the 7 of Pentacles, you need to look closer to realise the presence of small, diminutive flowers is weaved and entwined in the gardeners hair. The majority of the cards, however, do not feature any flowers at all, although many are rich with verdant abundance, and often carry a distinct, palpable lushness thus leading us to feel that the artist has infused efflorescence throughout all of life and living, not just flowers. The artwork medium consists of carefully thought out ink drawings, and this deck will have a high appeal to those who prefer ink and paint to digital collage. The cards have a reversible, intricate and detailed black and white back, reminisce
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