Forest Folklore
British forest mythology deck featuring fairies, dwarves, and New Forest legends.
by Kessia Beverley-Smith · 2004
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The record
The Forest Folklore Tarot is the first deck from British illustrator, Kessia Beverley-Smith. Her cards are inspired by the legends, wildlife and mythology of the New Forest area in Hampshire, England and feature dwarves, fairies, nymphs, imps and humans in natural surroundings. Kessias artwork is predominantly watercolour with a few photographic elements. Friends and family of the artist posed as models for the cards, and each has been assigned a card that matches their personality (or failing that, their physical attributes). Where their faces have been included, this works well, but not all cards seem have a real face. Over deck, the art varies from very photo-realistic in cards like the Ace of Wands and the Chariot, to a more blurred style in the Lady, Knight and Queen of Wands. The twenty-two major arcana are described as the heart of the Forest Folklore Tarot, and can be used on its own for readings, according to the companion booklet. These cards have a reasonably standard Tarot image with a woodland flavour. I liked the blue-cloaked High Priestess, who sits holding a ball of white light, a black cat at her feet, under a trilithon of stones against a starry night sky. Th
The cards
