Sensu Set Playing Cards

This set contains the following:

1 x Haru-no-Sensu Playing Cards
1 x Fuyu-no-Sensu Playing Cards

Sensu, meaning Japanese folding fan, is a limited-edition deck of hand-drawn, full-bleed, luxury art playing cards that use the canvas of the playing card in an entirely original way. The art is full of meticulous detail and hidden narratives, the whole campaign takes perhaps unseen before care for environmental sustainability, and the campaign is dedicated to supporting and enhancing animal welfare.

• Limited Edition print run of 1000 each
• Custom sealed and numbered
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Premium classic playing cards stock with linen finish
• Metallic ink on select areas of both card backs and fronts
• Tuck box has a luxury foiled design on premium, heavy, textured paper stock
• Additional luxury embossed and cut sleeve
• Printed by the Expert Playing Card Company

Fuyu-no-Sensu (冬の扇子) (Winter’s Fan) became my vision of what I wanted to create as an artist. Pips hidden on a tilted central template leaving the borders to become my canvas puzzle, while the courts themselves have no indices at all. To make up for the lack of court markings, the deck includes a unique, luxury, byobu (屏風) folding screen made by experts in Japan. Themed around winter, the design took on a vibrant but soft turquoise.

• Courts have no markings/indices
• Turquoise metallic ink and tuck foiling
• Custom designed tuck to house insert
• Includes Japanese byobu folding screen

Haru-no-Sensu (春の扇子) (Spring's Fan) became my middle-ground, my compromise for players. The pips are much the same but with variation in colour and location of metallic ink-work. The courts, however, now have central indices to clearly show what they represent. Themed around spring, the design adopted a striking vermilion.

• Courts have centered markings/indices
• Vermilion metallic ink and tuck foiling