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BERKANA Woodcut Printed Rune Deck

Product description

BERKANA woodcut print rune deck hand made by PJ Superior features each of the 24 Elder Futhark runes (plus a ”Wyrd” card) carved by hand into birch wood and printed in a hand cranked barrel press. (The backs printed with a spoon.) Along with the rune symbols, each associated Norse word along with a simple, deeply meaningful illustrative border is carved into the wood from which these cards are printed. The Norse rune symbols are still the main visual focus.

The woodcut print method used to create this hand crafted set of cards ensures that the wood carving typical of the most ancient sets of casting runes is still present in this contemporary deck.

I call this rune deck BERKANA after the 18th rune in the Elder Futhark alphabet, because it means “birch” which is the same type of wood used for the carving of this deck. In runic divination, Berkana represents growth, renewal, and hope.

A home made guide booklet, sewn by hand, is included to share interpretations for divination. The guidebook includes cultural background and history of the Elder Futhark runes, as well as insights into the inspirations and meanings of the artistic imagery accompanying each symbol.

PRICING TRANSPARENCY:
The 25 cards that make up the Berkana deck are the size of most standard tarot cards at 2.74x4.75 inches (70x121mm) each. I priced each deck of the original 50 at €50 which comes to being priced at only €1 per hand carved woodcut print (considering each card is 2 prints including the backings) with each card as its very own work of genuine woodcut art. After cutting and spoon printing the backs of an extra special 5 out-of-edition copies, I have doubled the price of these hand made decks to €100 (with the guide book added for free) since there may very possibly NEVER AGAIN be another edition of these made.

A limited edition of only Berkana 50 decks have been created, thanks to the support of my backers on Kickstarter who enabled me to bring this vision to reality. This listing is for the 5 extra Berkana decks I have available after sending out the Kickstarter rewards. Check out the updates tab in the original Kickstarter link to see more of the process of creating the Berka rune deck, including carving and printing the wood used to print this limited edition.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pjsuperior/berkana-woodcut-printed-rune-deck

!! The extra screen printed Yggdrasil casting cloths are also available here on etsy in my Analog Print Shop section:
THIS LISTING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CASTING CLOTH 🖤