Playing cards

The bachelor thesis is composed of a theoretical and a practical part. Its theoretical part speaks of a brief and general introduction of playing cards in a historical and symbolic perspective. A brief description of the most common card games is also included. Moreover there is a presentation of a theoretical process of a used technique the intaglio. The practical part closely describes a design and a process of making an original cards. As a result there are seven prints of playing cards, which were created by hand-colouring