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Oracle of the Dragonfae - oracle decks

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  • The Oracle of the Dragonfae has 43 cards with rather pretty illustrations of goddesses, gods, dragons, winged fitures and fantastical characters. It is attributed to Australian deck creator, Lucy Cavendish, but actually has cards contributed by seven different artists.


Specifications
Name Oracle of the Dragonfae
Creators Lucy Cavendish
Publisher Blue Angel Gallery 2008
Deck Type Oracle Deck
Cards 43
Card Language English
Card Back Non-reversible
Companion Material 164-page companion book.


Reviews

23 of the 43 cards in the deck are by Michele-lee Phelan – and some of these are extraordinary. Dragon-imagery appears in all of her cards, sometimes partially (for example, the scales which appear around some of the characters eyes).

‘Grandmother Magicks’ wears a fantastic dress, made of 4 layers of large, veined and fiery red/orange leaves. (Spirit-world wanderers will recognise this imagery.)

‘Chumara’ is another fantastical image. Aside from the form of the Dragon, the Goddess’s other popular manifestation appears as the Spider, who waits in her web on Chumara’s third eye. Surrounding her are the colours of the rainbow, from red to purple, merging with each other as they progress. Fantastic!

Without wishing to hurt anyone’s feelings, I have to say that Michele-lee Phelan’s work is the best in the deck. It is curious that more than half of the 43 cards have been painted by her. I wonder why she wasn’t commissioned to finish the job. It very much feels as though the deck is in two halves – Michele-lee’s 23 paintings, and the remaining 6 artists who share the remaining 20 cards. Two of these artists have painted only 1 card each within this deck.

What is also curious is that, of the 9 images from the deck that appear on its’ box (by way of advertising its’ contents to the general public), 7 are by Michele-lee Phelan. The other 2 are by Selena Fenech, whose 2 paintings on the box are very similar in style to Michele-lee’s. This gives the impression to the buyer that all the images within the deck are by the same artist. Being that there is no clue, other than Lucy Cavendish’s name on the box, who the artist is, the punter is left believing that all the cards were painted by Lucy Cavendish. Maybe I’m being cynical, but it does appear that, by not declaring that that contents (sealed, as usual) are by 7 different artists – none of whom wrote the accompanying book – and then advertising the decks’ contents with only one of the artists’ cards – (with the exception of, as I say, 2 out of the 9 images) – well, it seems that the publishers have decided that Michele-lee Phelan’s paintings are far more likely to sell the deck than the others.

It’s obvious from Lucy Cavendish’s accompanying book (it’s really good) that the cards were probably not painted especially for this project, as in most cases the original names for the paintings differ from the name given to the card on which the painting appears. Not that this matters of course – but the sense of the deck not feeling ‘whole’ is further fed by this fact.

Some of the imagery within the 20 cards not painted by Michele-lee are very nice – particularly ‘Queen Mab’ by Sharon MacLeod, ‘Gwynne & Elluish’ by Selina Fenech and ‘Chenguang’ by Debbie Lean. Kylie McDonough’s ‘New Moon Fae’ has some lovely purple – but annoyingly, Kylie’s New Moon Fae is lying under an Old Moon. However, if this Fae opens her eyes she’ll see what will look to her like a new moon reflecting in the water, so maybe the mistake isn’t so bad. [Editor's note: the moon's orientation is intentional and not incorrect - it is a new moon from the perspective of the southern hemisphere.]

In general, I really like this deck. Sure, I wish that Michele-lee had painted the whole thing, but never mind – there is much to enjoy here. Recommended!


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