The Creators
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Adam Oehlers is an illustrator currently working out of Norwich, England. He has exhibited worldwide, from Australia to the UK, Europe, and the United States. He has worked alongside writers and publishers across the globe, and he has worked as concept artist, character designer, and writer for animations and computer games.
He has always drawn great inspiration from the classic illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edward Gorey, and any intricate pen-and-ink or print-based artwork. With a deep love of old stories and fairy tales, Adam aims to tell a story through every illustration. His work strives to evoke a sense of nostalgia (drawing the viewer back to a forgotten memory), with the hope of reminding them of the soft magic that surrounds us.
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The world he explores in his art is a strange old place: lamp-lit and cobblestoned, trapped in its own time, with odd pieces of magic creeping in at the edges.
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Stephanie Burrows is the owner of Three Trees Tarot and the creator of Oak, Ash and Thorn, Smoke, Ash & Embers, Thistledown, and Heartwood.
Tarot was always a familiar presence in Stephanie’s life (her mother often read cards for friends and family), but it wasn’t until much later that she truly felt drawn to the practice herself. The spark came unexpectedly, when she came across The Fantod Pack by Edward Gorey in a box of her mother’s craft supplies. Her mother had planned to use the delightfully strange cards to make a Halloween mobile, but Stephanie was immediately captivated. Gorey’s trademark sense of dark humour and impending doom shines in the deck’s 20 absurdly grim cards. As Gorey is her favourite artist, this eerie little deck sparked a fascination with tarot that quickly deepened.
She immersed herself in learning everything she could...eventually leading her to create her first deck, Oak, Ash and Thorn.
