Here is the thing about Rob ElTigre’s deck.
Rob Tygret
Every line was cut by hand.
Hammer.
Chisel.
Into wood.
There is no digital intermediary here. No printhead. No photochemical process. A man. A tool. A surface. And between those three things, something was made that did not exist before and will never exist in exactly this form again.
The imagery Rob chose is deliberate. The Hermit — the ninth card of the Major Arcana. Solitude, inner truth, the long road walked by lantern light. A man who carries his own light forward through the dark.
The Wheel of Fortune — card ten. The eternal cycle. What rises, what falls, what comes back around. The reminder that no setback is final and no position is permanent.
“I am drawn to the tarot cards largely due to their deeper meanings hidden inside the artworks.”
Twenty-eight years as a Harley mechanic. An injury that changed everything. Two tarot cards, hand-cut into wood with a hammer and chisel.
And a man who was already living the Flying Piston mission long before he ever heard of it.
Here is the thing about the deck.
“I am heavily addicted to motorcycles and what goes along with that addiction. I wrenched on them for twenty-five years. Now I engrave them.”
— Rob ElTigre · ElTigre Engraving & Eagles in Flight
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