Got the package from Hollie last night. The "proofs" turned out to be simply photocopies of the cards with my own home-made titles still attached, and the names hand-written over the cards that I hadn't made titles for. Nothing to get excited about, really! But still, I appreciated their making the effort to check with me about the titles, before the printer gets started.
Speaking of which, I wrote to Hollie this morning to let her know that the card titles were OK, and she wrote back to say that they will be laying out the cards in September and will have press time in October! I thought there wouldn't be anything happening with the cards until early winter.
She said that they will be sending someone to Belgium for a press check. Wonder what I'd have to do to get myself invited along? Haha, not much chance of that. In reality, they probably wouldn't want the artist to be there even if I paid my own way. And I can't blame them; a press check can be a pretty complicated business and if you don't know what you're doing, you really shouldn't be there.
The best news for the day is that Hollie says they will receive several uncut press sheets, and I can probably have one. Yay! I love press sheets, with the registration marks along the edge. I want to frame it and hang it in my study.
In other news, I think someone said on Comparative Tarot last week that they had a copy of Robert Place's Tarot of the Saints. But the deck's release date is September 1. I hope that means that VR will be available in late February. Hey, that's only 6 months away!
Post a comment