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The Playing Card Factory manufactures personalized cards for card games, gifts, corporate and fundraising events using our deluxe million dollar print system. Part of the playing cards made in Canada directory. Products:
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I’ve made prints in one form or another for over twenty years, but for the past decade I’ve focused exclusively on traditional woodcut prints. There are no chemicals and no heavy machinery involved, just a selection of hand tools and time. I use hardwoods because they retain detail and print well, and all of the papers including playing cards made in Canada. I use are hand-made (though not by me). I don’t use a press, but hand rub each image using either a wooden spoon or a Japanese baren (a disc with a coil of rope on the underside that creates both pressure and friction). The history of woodcut prints is important to me. It is the first way prints were made; the oldest surviving woodcuts on paper are Buddhist sutras with beautiful illustrations that date to 7th century China. From there, woodcut printmaking spread across the world along with paper-making, becoming the main form of printing for a thousand years. Movable type and letterpress use the same basic principle, and larger display typefaces were still made with wood into the 1800s. Part of the playing cards made in Canada directory. Products:
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Although I can’t pinpoint the exact moment I knew I wanted to be an artist, I have a strong feeling that my love of art grew gradually out of an early obsession with the Disney movie “Fantasia.” It has everything I could ever want in a movie: flying horses, fairies, dancing ostriches, and dinosaurs. I used to sit in front of the TV, trying to sketch all the different characters using crayon on crinkly lined paper.I’ve always had an interest in history, old fashioned aesthetics and the natural world. I’m also an extreme perfectionist, with an eye for detail and a love of symmetry. My artwork merges all of these things together, combining the tranquil beauty of nature with a riot of delicious looking colours and wild patterns to amuse my inner child. Part of the playing cards made in Canada directory. Products:
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There is magic and a quiet sense of tranquility in Anja Jane’s work. The Vancouver-based artist has translated her deep connection to Mother Nature into intricate art prints and postcards featuring nature scenes from North America, from the lavish jungle of Hawaii to the enchanting British Columbia coastline or quaint tree-lined Montreal streets. In her nature scenes of luscious forests, vibrant flowers, whimsical creatures and sun-kissed mountains over turquoise waters, the folksy charm of her Norwegian and Polish heritage intertwines with the breathtaking landscape of the Pacific Northwest – now home for her. Being kind to the environment is an integrel part to the business using her illustrations to inspire wonder in others. So they too will become passionate and protect this beautiful planet we all share. (Paperblanks) Her unique colour and pattern reflects her 13 year experience as a textile designer in fashion print studios in New York, Italy and London. Part of the playing cards made in Canada directory. Products:
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