The Schematic tarot is the 2023 creation of the Kartograme workshop

These images reinterpret the famous cards of the Marseille tarot.

Specializing in popular art and the representation of random phenomena, the workshop expresses in a schematic style inspired by science and anatomy books, a new form of symbolism, stylized and simplified to appeal to all, whatever the age. , culture or beliefs.

The artist's point of view:

"It is a tarot deck unique in its kind in its sobriety and the absence of human faces. I tried to summarize each archetype of the Tarot in a simplistic graphic inspired by scientific diagrams, printed circuits, crystallography diagram, anatomy of biological tissues, cellular structure and thermodynamic networks illustrating immutable biological and physical phenomena, as if these images could address all forms of life: mineral, plant, technological, artificial, human or even extraterrestrials. In creating this deck, I sought simplicity and efficiency in reading. I therefore called it “Schematic Tarot”.

It seems important to me that its imagery be accessible to as many people as possible, and to this end, I free the game from religious symbolism by replacing High Priestess, Pope and Devil with Wisdom, Guide and Division. In addition, I wish to bring a contemporary and refreshed vision of the Tarot to make Hermetic Knowledge more accessible. In the background there is this quest to nourish a universal language and to work towards peace between peoples."

On the back of the cards:

a digital representation of the intangible through a pixel art reinterpretation of the labyrinth present in the original copy.

in detail

A divinatory Tarot deck made up of 22 handcrafted cards inspired by the Tarot de Marseille, illustrated on the front and back, and made by hand. A unique work signed by Agnes Kappler. The faces are a fine art digital print of the original hand drawn designs by Agnes Kappler. Each card is a miniature work initially created and colored with Indian ink.

The backs of the 22 cards are a fine art digital print of the digital work presented above

Materials :

• Handmade Washi paper from Japan
• Fine art digital print
• The cards were glued by hand
• The surface of the cards was smoothed with Agate stone and handmade saponified soap made in Montreuil by Baiyo
• Handmade artisanal reproductions
• 6 copies signed by Agnes Kappler
• Linen collection box by Reliac (Paris) and care kit: soap (ByEmma), linen canvas, cotton wick

Optional on request for pre-order (Contact us)

• a case made by hand to the measurements of the game (navy blue case), magnetic closure
• the edges of the cards carefully gilded with real gold leaf then varnished with a luthier's varnish. Gilding lasting over time even with regular use.

Model registered with the INPI