[{"id":79807938678,"handle":"erlenmeyer-hand-illustrated-playing-cards","updated_at":"2025-02-22T11:30:02+11:00","published_at":"2018-08-07T17:34:56+10:00","sort_order":"alpha-asc","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Hand Illustrated Playing Cards","body_html":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eErlenmeyer playing cards are professionally printed on 310gsm black core paper with a smooth, linen finish. Each pack contains the traditional 54 cards as well as an additional slip card which features information about that particular deck. Each pack comes shrink-wrapped inside a clear, hard, plastic box.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2018-08-08T17:29:55+10:00","alt":"","width":1956,"height":1956,"src":"\/\/erlenmeyer.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Spades_held.jpg?v=1707194073"}},{"id":322877784241,"handle":"novelty-gifts-1","updated_at":"2025-02-22T13:00:11+11:00","published_at":"2024-11-11T15:51:01+11:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Novelty Gifts","body_html":""}]
This is a 54 card deck of hand illustrated playing cards - ink and watercolour illustrations of classically trained African animals!
Each suit represents a different type of African animal and simultaneously a different section of the orchestra. Spades is the strings section played by birds and reptiles; Diamonds is the brass section played by big leathery animals; Clubs is the rhythm section played by the big cats; and Hearts is the woodwind section played by the quadrupedal African animals. The red joker is a jazz band (guest starring a frilled neck lizard!) and the black joker is a heavy metal band! The back design is an intricate African design some of Africa's native flora.
The cards themselves are professionally manufactured on 310gsm premium French linen, and come shrink-wrapped inside a durable, clear plastic box.
