THE TRIBUTE TAROT

built for sustained attention

The Tribute Tarot is a reconstruction of form, meaning, and intent.
It honours the original

'Rider–Waite–Smith' deck

— not to replicate it, but restore attention to its form and meaning

Each card was rebuilt over five years through drawing, layering, and meticulous design, balancing tradition with precision. This is not reinvention, but restitution - a conversation across time between two artists, and a record of what it takes to hold form steady through change and error

— to make something that lasts.

This deck is to be read slowly, and it expects something in return.

a quite beginning

The deck has begun to move.
Orders are open.

Each card stands as a complete work and as part of a larger structure.
What is released now forms the first movement of the deck as a whole.

Available Works

The work is ongoing.
Thank you for meeting it where it stands.

what it is

The Tribute Tarot is not a reinvention but a deepening — an artist’s homage to Pamela Colman Smith’s vital contribution to the Rider–Waite deck. rebuilt through a language of psychological realism. It is a deck built to be read slowly, meaning emerges through structure, restraint, and attention.

THE TRIBUTE TAROT

why it matters

Whether you are new to tarot or have read for years, these images invite reflection without superstition and meaning without pretence. The deck’s language speaks in layers — through history, myth, and tradition. Each card stands as proof that clarity, reason, and beauty can coexist without mystification.

THE ARCHITECTURE

where to go next

Explore the artist’s process and uncover the legacy of Smith’s symbolism as you move through the seventy-eight cards. Each page opens a door into one part of the whole — a conversation between image, meaning, and the passage of time. Together they form a complete cycle — a story of renewal and return.

EXPLORE THE CARDS

the tribute tarot

A celebration in depth — one artist in dialogue with another. The Tribute Tarot honours Pamela Colman Smith’s original vision while extending its symbolic and psychological reach through contemporary drawing. The first edition, known as the Wounded Tarot, preserves the marks of its making. Printing flaws and irregularities remain visible — not as defects but as part of the work’s history. The deck stands as a record of process, persistence, and the long labour of rebuilding a symbolic language.

the wounded tarot

the tribute

Pamela Colman Smith’s images gave the tarot its enduring language. Her figures do not illustrate the cards they embody them. Gesture, colour, and setting carry meaning before a single word is spoken. This deck stands in dialogue with that achievement. Each card begins from Smith’s symbolic structure while extending its psychological depth through traditional and contemporary practises. The intention is not imitation but attention: to recognise the artist whose vision made the modern tarot possible.

Pamela Colman Smith

about the maker

Sand Laurenson’s work lies at the meeting point of art, craft, and psychological inquiry. Trained in fine art at the Royal Academy in London but grounded here in traditional practice, this tarot evolved through a method of revision, and sustained attention. The Tribute Tarot represents five years of work — a body of images shaped by experience, discipline, and reflection. It stands as both a personal project and an exploration of how symbolic form can endure across time.

about sand

how it was made

The making of this deck unfolded slowly through drawing, revision, and study. Each card passed through long cycles of adjustment, where symbolism, proportion, and structure were refined by hand. This section traces that process — the quiet labour behind the images and the decisions that shaped their final form. It reveals how patience, error, and persistence gradually transformed an idea into a coherent symbolic language.

creating this deck

reading the cards

The Dark Glass readings unfold slowly through reflection, interpretation, and careful attention to the cards. Each question is approached through a structured sequence where symbolism, context, and psychological insight are examined with precision. This section explains how the readings work — the quiet discipline behind the interpretation and the method that shapes each response.

reading the cards

where the cards are

The first edition is limited to one hundred decks. A limited number od decks will be split and individual cards will begin to travel outward — one image at a time — moving quietly into the world. This unfolding forms The Scattered Deck: What once existed as a single object gradually separates into many paths. Each card remains a finished work yet also part of a larger whole. Over time the movement of these images becomes visible through a living map that records where they arrive.

the scattered deck