The Modern History of Celtic Jewellery

Author: Stephen Walker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615805290
Category : Celts
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
From the recovery after the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s to the booming Celtic Tiger of the 1990s, a revival of the ancient traditions of Celtic jewelry have become a part of how the Irish, as well as the Scots, Welsh and other Celts have expressed their cultural identity. Usually the story of this tradition focuses on very old prototypes, the museum pieces turned up by archaeologists or the legend of the original Claddagh ring. In our imagination, we connect the popular Celtic jewelry of today with the distant past. But that link with the ancient style was very much influenced by what others had done in more recent history. The story of is told by four authors. Tara Kelly writes of the early Celtic Revival manufacture of facsimiles of medieval Irish metalwork in Victorian Dublin and how the success of that enterprise lead to historical Celtic jewellery to become iconic symbols of Irish identity. Mairi MacArthur tells the story of Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie who created the foundation for modern Scottish Celtic jewellery on the Isle of Iona in the early 20th century. Aidan Breen, himself a pioneer of the late 20th century Celtic Renaissance, recalls his career beginning with an apprenticeship with Dublin silversmiths which trained him in the traditions of the older Celtic Revival. Stephen Walker, craftsman and collector, brings the story together as it spans 150 years, from Scottish pebble jewellery to the innovative modern Celtic creations of the Arts and Crafts Movement. 69 color photographs and 29 black and white illustrations.

Wire and Bead Celtic Jewelry

Author: Linda Jones
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781904991564
Category : Beadwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Linda Jones brings you antoher 35 fantastic step-by-step jewelry projects inspired by the ever popular motifs and art of the ancient Celts. Her beautiful twisted wire and bead designs will have you dashing to your bead box. Using only some beads, a spool of wire, and a few simple tools, you can begin right away as Linda tells you absolutely everything you need to know. The projects are set up like recipes with materials lists and step-by-step instructions so they are perfect for beginners, and her unique designs will inspire those already experienced in the craft, too. With chokers, brooches, delicate chains, rings, earrings, bangles, and more. "Wire & Bead Celtic Jewelry" offers something for everyone, so whether you want to make a piece as a unique gift or for yourself, Linda shows you how.*Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry has old over 40,000 copies worldwide.*Includes innovative and decorative jig pattern designs.*Projects include rings, bangles, kilt pins, charm bracelets, and necklaces.*Specially commissioned step-by-step photographs demonstrate exactly how to make each piece.

The Celtic Ring

Author: Bjorn Larsson
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574091144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
On a dark night in the Danish harbour of Dragor, Ulf is handed a logbook by a lone sailor who then disappears. The bizarre events recorded in the log lead to a harrowing winter crossing of the North Sea.

Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery

Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714117102
Category : Jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of decorative art: its history can be traced from the earliest known civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. This book reveals the varied styles, techniques and materials which have delighted men and women through the ages, all over the world. From Egyptian necklaces to Celtic torcs, and from Renaissance pendants to Art Nouveau buckles,7000 years of jewellery design and production are illustrated in this book.

The Material Landscapes of Scotland’s Jewellery Craft, 1780-1914

Author: Sarah Laurenson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501357999
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
Shortlisted for the History Book Award in Scotland's National Book Awards, 2023 During the long 19th century, Scotland was home to an established body of skilled jewellers who were able to access a range of materials from the country's varied natural landscape: precious gold and silver; sparkling crystals and colourful stones; freshwater pearls, shells and parts of rare animals. Following these materials on their journey from hill and shore, across the jeweller's bench and on to the bodies of wearers, this book challenges the persistent notion that the forces of industrialisation led to the decline of craft. It instead reveals a vivid picture of skilled producers who were driving new and revived areas of hand skill, and who were key to fostering a focused cultural engagement with the natural world – among both producers and consumers – through the things they made. By placing producers and their skill in cultural context, the book reveals how examining the materiality of even the smallest of objects can offer new and multifaceted insights into the wider transformations that marked British history during the long 19th century. Uniting a vast array of jewellery objects with a range of other sources – including paintings, engravings, newspaper reports, letters, inventories of big houses and small workshops, sketchbooks, novels, works of literary geology and early travel writings – this book provides a deep dive into the cultural history of jewellery production through accessible thematic studies. In doing so, it sets out innovative methodologies for writing about the histories of craft production, the natural environment and the material world. Now available in a paperback edition, it will be an important addition to the bookshelf of cultural historians and those interested in Scotland's wild landscapes and natural objects.

Iona Celtic Art

Author: E. Mairi MacArthur
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953893805
Category : Art, Celtic
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
E. Mairi MacArthur looks at the work of renowned Scottish artisans and jewellers Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie.

The Claddagh Ring

Author: Malachy McCourt
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762417087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Bestselling author Malachy McCourt recounts the story of the Claddagh ring, a timeless symbol of friendship, loyalty, and love formed by two clasped hands and worn by millions in Ireland and around the world. He celebrates this beloved Irish cultural icon through vivid anecdotes, charming folk tales, and recent incidents. The titular bauble-a pair of hands clasping a crowned heart with the motto "Let love and friendship reign"--is a traditional Irish emblem passed from mothers to daughters and granddaughters, exchanged by betrothed couples or given to friends, and worn by Queen Victoria, Jennifer Aniston and the rock band U2. McCourt ... is wary of the subject's potential to evoke "dreary sentimentality, enough to make a person vomit," but he steadies himself and gives a pleasant rundown of associated lore-a classic Irish mixture of improbable legend and historical tragedy. -Publishers Weekly

My Life as a Replica

Author: Sally Foster
Publisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1911188623
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
In 1970 a concrete replica of the St John’s Cross arrived in Iona sitting incongruously on the deck of a puffer delivering the island’s annual supply of coal. What is the story behind this intriguing replica? How does it relate to the world’s first ringed ‘Celtic cross’, an artistic and technical masterpiece, which has been at the heart of the Iona experience since the eighth century? What does it tell us about the authenticity and value of replicas? In this fascinating book, Foster and Jones draw on extensive interdisciplinary research to reveal the composite biography of the St John’s Cross, its concrete replica, and its many other scale copies. They show that replicas can acquire rich forms of authenticity and value, informed by social relations, craft practices, creativity, place and materiality. Thus, the book challenges traditional precepts that seek authenticity in qualities intrinsic to original historic objects. Replicas are shown to be important objects in their own right, with their own creative, human histories — biographies that people can connect with. The story of the St John’s Cross celebrates how replicas can ‘work’ for us if we let them, particularly if clues are available about their makers’ passion, creativity and craft.

Celts

Author: Julia Farley
Publisher: British museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Art, Celtic
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
A beautifully illustrated study of Celtic arts -- style, development and revival - and the relationship between art objects and identity, covering 2500 years of history.

7000 Years of Jewelry

Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554073955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An illustrated history of jewelry, exploring the varied styles, techniques and materials used to make jewelry throughout the world.