A hero makes a bold entrance in a hiss-torical Chariot.
What could be better for displaying cat-itude than arriving in style? Roger Purrington loved making a grand entrance. Even as a kitten, he would sit by a doorway to make everyone wonder whether he would elegantly saunter all the way in or make an agile…
Hey diddle diddle, a cat and a (stupendously rare) fiddle.
A rare fiddle was at the heart of Fritz Purrski’s performances A hush always descends over the house for the third act in “Smitten by the Kitten”. The slightly trite love story of a noble indoor cat falling for a feral street urchin comes to…
Our new Strength card – drama, conflict and confidence
The design of our Strength card was quite a challenge. Appropriately enough, fortitude and patience were needed. Embarking on the design for the Strength card for The Bohemian Cats’ Theatre Tarot was no small challenge. The quest for the perfect solution led us through trials…
How to make inspiring Hermit card? Shine a light in the forest.
For The Hermit card in the new Bohemian Cats’ Theatre Tarot, we wanted quite a spectacular look. Sometimes this card can be, in visual terms, a bit predictable so we wanted to add richness and also enhance the meaning for our rather distinctive cat tarot.…
Aiming for an amazing Two of Pentacles – a hopeful harlequin juggler.
The Two of Pentacles is is a tarot card that we always enjoy designing because there are so many possibilities for conveying the broad idea of juggling a lot of things at once! We knew almost immediately that we wanted to show a cat in…
A scary feline – it’s the Cat Devil puppeteer.
We wanted this Cat Devil card for The Bohemian Cats’ Theatre Tarot to be full of symbolism and with a depth of meaning. After much thought, we turned to a very old table-top theatre that we bought from Austria, and two Czech puppets from Antonín Münzberg, a good,…
The Bohemian Cats’ Theatre project – new beginnings
The original Baroque Bohemian Cats’ Tarot and the Bohemian Cats picture book date all the way back to 2003/4 and has been through several versions since. We’ve always loved living with cats and it came naturally to us to build to make an entire fantasy…
