The Chalice Pack is a full colour 78-card deck of tarot cards and as a project was first conceived in the late eighties. Many of the cards have frequently been reworked since then and in 2006, a limited edition of the major arcana was published by Adam Mc Clean. Three of the card designs will also be featured in the first volume of the forthcoming Taschen Encyclopaedia of Esoterica. Each card was hand-drawn and individually designed using pen, ink and colour pencils on cards, with a vibrant palette of rich colours ranging from green, blue, purple, red and white. The colour and patterns fit the symbolism of each card. For example, reds and oranges correspond to the fiery Wands, whilst blues and pale yellows are more symbolic of Swords and Air. Tear shapes and waves correspond to Water and Cups, whilst Brick patterns go with Earthy Coins, or Disks. However,this deck is not purely abstract, but largely figurative. The traditional interpretations for each card are loosely followed, but interpreted according to the ideas and research followed by the artist. All the the cards here come with a small booklet setting out brief delineations for each Card. However, a book was also written that goes into the topic in a lot more depth: more about that later.

The style has been described as somewhat reminiscent in style to Art Deco as well as with some of the more disturbing dream language of surrealism in places, so this Pack should appeal to those Tarot lovers who respond strongly to colour and pattern and enjoy this type of Art. Thematically, various sources of esoterica were drawn from when designing this Pack, with the idea of reflecting the hopes and fears of the present. The cards, especially the story behind the Major Arcana, represent the Fool’s catastrophic fall into a bewildering world of disunity and entrapment – but always alongside a sense of the adventure and quest of being able to find the elusive grail of redemption – hence the title, the Chalice Pack.

A small, limited run of my major arcana were first published by Adam Mc Clean, intended as part of a series of rare collectibles. Unfortunately, it was not till much later that I was able to offer copies of the full deck to the public, but that is now possible! Furthermore in 2020, the lockdown gave me the unprecedented opportunity to give the whole deck a complete overhaul on Photoshop, with some very gracious guidance from members of a tarot deck creator society on Facebook. My thanks for more promotion opportunities and beginning the work of editing remains extended to both Pamela Steele and Roxi Hermsen. Now the deck has a far more professional, updated look.

Links can be followed at The Gamecrafter: in Tarot size, in Jumbo size and finally, in Poker size, meanwhile I am now able to offer a copy at Gamecrafter of an updated and revised version of my book here, the good news being that my original book off interpretations now comes with a deck too! I was only able to include the interpretations rather than any same spreads, but this book can go into far more depth than the booklet already made available there.

A 40-deck abstract oracle is now, also available at my Gamecrafter store: called The Cascades Oracle, it features samples from a series of abstract paper-based collages. These collages cn be viewed in the main artwork section of this site.

Outside the US-based Gamecrafter outlet, my deck can also be ordered in large, medium and small size at my Printer Studio shop.

My deck and oracle can be sampled and even downloaded for a small fee from the Deckible app, so that readings and spreads can be experimented with, on the comfort of your phone. Currently this app is being updated for a better online experience.

My cards have also been featured on a forthcoming encyclopaedia on all things Tarot, with the Taschen Encyclopaedia. And recently a copy of my deck is now on view at the Hungarian decks section of the Tarot Museum in Belgium.

Recently, TABI, the British association for all things Tarot, wrote an excellent review of the Chalice Tarot tarot deck and more recently, a superb review for The Cascades Oracle.

Another generous review of my deck, from the sadly now defunct Indie Tarot Deck society, can also be seen on YouTube.

Here is a small selection of sample cards.