Hope Six Playing Cards
This unique deck extends the album's heraldic visual world into a full deck - the dog as king, the goat as queen, and PJ Harvey as the jack across all four suits. It was designed by Michelle Henning, art director for The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Each court card carries an object drawn from the songs and artwork made for the album and its singles. The king of hearts carries the tambourine pictured on the cover for the single release of 'The Community of Hope'; the king of clubs holds a ring of keys; the king of spades is armed, and the queen of spades wears an ammunition belt. In the spades suit, Harvey holds her saxophone, "her weapon, if you like," - says Michelle Henning
The cards are made to feel like part of the same world as the music, not a by-product of it. "Made with love and with appreciation of the music, so that it complements it. It's not just another thing to sell." - Michelle Henning