Beauties, I wanna tell you how I feel right now. Designing cards became a full time job for me. It’s great if you can do what you love and getting paid for it. But I’m so incredible tired of al...
2020-10-21 00:43:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, the new Remedies are finished by the end of this month. We aim for a very short pre-order for maybe one week so that nobody has to wait too long.
At the beginning of this year Covid...
2020-10-07 18:09:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I thought a red color for the Hearts and Diamonds wouldn't fit, but a few days ago I added this darker (Remedies) red to the red suits and it fits perfectly. I really couldn't be happier ...
2020-09-27 17:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post
https://blackroses.cards/products/black-roses-x-hanson-chien
Password: Remedy
2020-09-26 16:50:18 +0000 UTC
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Beauties, you can order the Black Roses deck printed by Hanson Chien now.
The website is password protected so that only patrons get the chance to pick them up first.
Password: Rem...
2020-09-25 15:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I've received this email from the printing company about the Innocence reprint:
"Prepress is working on this and wanted to know – what changed on the faces since last time? Did only the...
2020-09-16 17:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The idea to print my very first Black Roses deck with all three most relevant playing card factories is stuck in my head for a while now. A few days ago I found out that I'm not the first one with ...
2020-09-11 21:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently talked to Lee Asher and his exact words were: "you've made my day knowing someone is playing with Dondorf art". Of course, since he is a living library when it comes to playing cards I s...
2020-09-10 21:47:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, you can raise your pledge now in the Black Roses Hotel / Casino Kickstarter campaign to get the Innocence deck on top. The Innocence Playing Cards are cur...
2020-09-02 15:44:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, to give you something more special than the rest of the world because - let's face it - you are better than the rest of the world :D I'm going to produce the Black Roses Casino Collector'...
2020-08-31 15:19:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is Muffin. Muffin is a Shih Tzu Pekinese. She had her first appearance two years ago well hidden in the Innocence Playing Cards. Since then I'm playing with the idea to design a whole deck for...
2020-08-28 20:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I have a few news about the Innocence rerelease.
I updated all face cards. Still the same design but everything will look much cleaner. Only the double backer and the Jokers remain the...
Beauties, I've been working for the last three days to present you the Black Roses Hotel / Casino Kickstarter campaign. It took me one day to create renders that I discarded at the end of the day b...
2020-08-22 17:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, right now I'm struggling really hard with neurodermatitis and their side effects. Dyshidrosis - google it if you wanna get shocked. Nothing new for me. I've had these problems for as long...
2020-08-10 23:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I've never worked on the new Orbits for so long. We already started to collect the first ideas in the process of the V7 design. I even deleted the very first design to create something better and I...
2020-07-29 16:17:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, you should know it first before I share it publicly.
The second editions of the Black Roses Hotel/Casino deck go online on August 29.
2020-07-27 16:31:46 +0000 UTC
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Beauties, I want to bring back the Innocence decks with a matte tuck box. Straight to my website - no crowdfunding.
In 2018 I already printed 2500 Innocence decks. The deck sold out pretty fa...
2020-07-22 16:43:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't tell you how happy I am with the second gaff card in the Black Roses Supporter Edition. The idea isn't new but it's still such a refreshing illusion compared to all the other "standard magi...
2020-07-21 15:35:25 +0000 UTC View Post
SOLD OUT THANK YOU ♡
Beauties, to my surprise I found out that Murphy's Magic still have 16 Black Roses Hotel collector's boxe...
2020-07-19 15:59:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm absolutely fascinated by the history of the Dondorf Playing Card company.
In 1918/1919 they sold over 9 million decks (!) and it seems like nobody really knows a lot about them anymore.
Get the Black Roses Supporter Edition. Enter the shop with access code "Remedy".
2020-07-15 16:34:00 +0000 UTC
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Beauties, first of all I wanna welcome all new patrons. Thanks for being a part of this journey. It really means a lot to me that you are here, that's why I wanna give as much back as possible.
... 2020-07-14 13:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I'm so proud to present this really really special and exclusive deck to you - the Black Roses Supporter Edition.
A few years ago I could never have imagined where all this would le...
2020-07-12 20:21:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Imagine this: the spectator selects a card and signs it on the face.
You place the card onto top of your deck and with your other hand you rub the top signature off.
The spectator can see ...
2020-07-02 22:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I've sent the files for the new Remedies to USPCC 20 minutes ago.
Start saving for a deck or 2. :D In 2 1/2 months you'll have some new favorite cards.
Message from the other ...
2020-06-25 20:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to add the Altrosa deck to the 2020-06-24 22:10:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I never released a blue deck before I need to catch up. I don't know yet how and when I wanna release it.
Hotel V1 is sold out now since a few days. I have a few decks left on my own we...
2020-06-20 16:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally have all courts for the stretch goal deck.
QH & KH are my parents. They appeared as courts for the first time in my Black Roses White Gold Edition. This deck was also a stretch ...
2020-06-16 22:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Time is running so fast. 2 days remain until the campaign goes online.
I wanna show you how the campaign and the rewards look like before the rest of the world sees it.
2020-06-11 17:14:05 +0000 UTC
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As a special reward for the Kickstarter campaign, I've designed this vintage tuck box.
I ordered 10 prototypes to check out if the box can really get produced like that.
It is a bit complicat...