The Crystal Fox
311 Main St, Laurel, MD 20707
We have recently published the Black Violet Tarot with author, Heidi Phelps. Please join us at The Crystal Fox, Maryland, on Sunday 22 September to hear from Heidi about her new deck, and have the chance to ask her your burning questions.
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About the Deck:
With their dramatic Art Nouveau style, the 80 exquisite cards of the Black Violet Tarot are designed to spark inspiration for art and self-expression. Use this tarot as a tool to reflect on what is and dream about what could be – whatever your creative endeavor. With a women-led take on Rider-Waite-Smith, this deck will help you reflect on any aspect of life – joyful or painful, meaningful or mundane – in order to tap into your creativity and artistic voice.
Throughout history, art and folklore, violets have represented life and fertility, death and remembrance – a striking contrast of joy versus grief, beginning versus end and future versus memory. The Black Violet Tarot reflects this idea of bittersweet dualities – of shining a light in times of darkness.
About the Author:
Heidi Phelps is an American writer and artist from Washington, DC. She created the Black Violet Tarot as she became a mother and while losing her own mother to cancer. Illustrated entirely in black and white, this tarot deck reflects that idea of bittersweet dualities, of shining a light in times of darkness. Heidi's diverse list of artistic influences includes Edward Gorey, Victorian-era mourning costumes and memento mori, vintage early to mid-century sewing patterns, Grimm's fairy tales, Salvador Dali's Alice in Wonderland sketches, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Frida Kahlo, and Marjane Satrapi. When she's not sketching – and even when she is – Heidi spends time with her husband Erdem, her daughter Leyla, and her two cats Eddie and Daisy.