Tarot 1909

Studying the original deck one card at a time.

Tarot reconstruction workshop with cards, sketches and tools.
Conservation studio Research notebook Catalogue fragments Working archive

The workshop is open, careful and unfinished.

Tarot 1909 gathers observations, line studies, colour questions and historical references around the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Each page is a place for slow comparison rather than final certainty.

Notes pinned to the bench

Edge weight

Comparing outline pressure across three cards before redrawing the border and small symbolic details.

Blue fields

A growing study of blue skies, robes and water, with attention to restraint and print variation.

Tools and vessels

Small objects are being catalogued as separate forms before they return to the full card image.