Storm

The record

This tarot is in folio format, the 22 'cards', plus an index card and Frontpiece, being printed on quality, heavy paper in the European A4 format. The sheets are within a heavy cardboard holder which holds them snugly. This was an issue of 50 copies, and each set is numbered with the number and an initial hand written on each sheet. Frantisek Storm was born in Prague in 1956, and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts there. He specialized in typography, having developed many now widely used type faces. His work is considered to be a bridge between past and future, moving typeface into the digital world. He also worked in many forms, among them woodcuts and it is this latter artform that produced the Storm Tarot. The medium is used to create the unusual look of the cards, as the lines are literally carved, then printed in the old way with ink applied and pressed onto the paper. The effect is dramatic, and on first review almost gives the impression of primitive art. But this is a man for whom the smallest variation in line type, depth and angle is of great importance. For someone whose fame is in the graphic arts, he has transferred that skill to produce a startling and mostly effe

Source & full review →