Ok, it’s not really an artwork as such, but there is something artistic about a mountain of cash and chips like this one we are calling ‘Jamies Rakeback win’

jamie-gold-wins

1) Ok, on with the art, this is a final degree piece by a Leeds University Fine art student you can see more houses of playing cards on Flickr

playing card house Leeds University Fine art student

2) A huge house of cards in the desert built in Death Valley

house of cards in Death Valley

3) This huge wall hanging by artist Lisa Curtis is made entirely out of playing cards

Artist Lisa Curtis artwork of cards

4) This is Bryan Berg the world record holder for card stacking standing in one of his creations

Bryan Berg the world record holder

5) This is the underside of a giant alligator made out of playing cards

giant alligator made out of playing cards

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From the very first playing cards of the Ming Dynasty, card games have both featured art and appeared in them. Even some gambling adverts can be modest works of art, this full tilt poker advert is instantly eye catching for example. Everyone is an artist online and anything goes, so let’s have a look at some card related artworks

Full tilt rake back poster

1) This is Maya playing card and oddly it isn’t anything to do with the Mayan people but is made in the Soviet Union. You can find more weird and wonderful Russian blends at English Russia

Maya playing card

2) This is a card designed by the artists on www.custom52.com

Skull Poker card design

3) This is from a collection called ‘Profound Playing Cards’, others in the suit include ‘a man wrapped up in himself makes a small package’ and ‘is there life before death?’

Profound Playing Cards

4) These cards were created to advertise a New Media Expo being held by the agency called ‘the advance guard’, they were so successful the agency have kept them on a business cards

New Media Expo the advance guard

5) This was created to advertise the biggest open air music festival in Turkey – Rock’n Coke festival 2007, unfortunately the design wasn’t chosen, but it is superb

Art for the Rock'n Coke festival 2007

6) Theses are very pretty cards designed by the talented Kim Baker, that have a cutesy, girly look to them

Kim Baker playing cards

7) And lastly the card inspired artwork of Richard Colman; the surrealist take on the Queen of hearts appears in a lot of Colman’s work

Artwork of Richard Colman

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