'To Conjure from Vapour No. 00 (The Fool)' - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 00 (The Fool)' - detail - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 02 (The High Priestess)' - detail - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 04 (The Emperor)' - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 06 (The Lovers)' - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 10 (The Wheel)' - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
To Conjure from Vapour — unique works on paper: anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf, 30x22" ea., 2017 (7 of 9)
'To Conjure from Vapour No. 15 (The Devil)' - anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf on paper, 30x22 inches
'To Conjure from Vapour' - deck: 78 tarot cards, 2 index cards, box , 5.5x4x1.5 inches, edition of 125, 2017
To Conjure from Vapour
2017 — unique works on paper: anthracite coal, charcoal, copper leaf, 30x22" ea.
deck: laminated tarot cards, edition of 125
Produced in residency at The Glenfiddich Distillery
A tarot deck of 78 metaphysical whisky tasting notes, each written in response to a whisky the artist has sampled. 'To Conjure from Vapour' considers the tasting note as a communion with the 'spirit' world (spirit as alcohol, or breath, or soul, or ideal...). It includes a card with a custom text for each of the 22 Major Arcana and the 56 Minor Arcana, with the implements of spiritcraft replacing the traditional suits (barrel staves for wands, clocks for coins, glasses for cups, and hammers for swords). The deck facilitates the divination of one's taste before even touching the spirit; a potomancer's companion.
The 22 Major Arcana were rendered by hand in copper and coal as large unique works on paper.
Lee Henderson