Lunar Maria (Trade Edition) by Anne Greenwood

Lunar Maria Oracle Deck — Trade Editionby Anne Greenwood RiosecoThe Lunar Maria (pl.) or Mare (sing.) are large dark basaltic plains on the Earth’s Moon formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. These plains Oceanus (Oceans), Mare (Seas), Lacus (Lakes), Palus (Marshes), and Sinus (Bays) are iron-rich in composition and cover 16% of the surface of the Moon’s surface; they were named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651 after states of mind and conditions of water.I have made three editions of cards using these 44 images. The first edition is wool  originals that are hand and machine stitched and dyed in indigo, fustic and cochineal. It is a one-of-a-kind edition with a hand-made Port Orford Cedar ribbon box made by Mauricio Rioseco Milano. The deluxe edition, of which there are twelve unalike copies, is digitally reproduced and printed on organic cotton sateen fabric edged with a whipstitch of indigo dyed thread. Each deck was hand-stitched during the Covid-19 Pandemic in an online stitchi