Author: Lora Irish Publisher: ISBN: 9781565239265 Category : Handicraft Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
"Provides historical overview of Celtic art; step-by-step instructions for creating twists, braids, and knotted lines; over 200 patterns; a guide to using color in your work; and a gallery of the author's art using Celtic knot work"--
Author: Andy Sloss Publisher: Blandford Press ISBN: 9780713726527 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
For over 3,000 years, the blend of Byzantine and early British design known as "Celtic" has fascinated artists. Join them--all you need is a pen and graph paper! Master these simple patterns, then invent your own variations: create borders, finish the edges around a repeating design, and incorporate spirals into geometric patterns. "With the recent resurgence in Celtic art, music, and dance, a book like this could be useful as a sourcebook for...artists, designers, and craftspeople."-- "Library Journal . 192 pages, 200 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.
Author: Sheila Sturrock Publisher: GMC Publications ISBN: 9781861080400 Category : Decoration and ornament, Celtic Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A foolproof, at-a-glance guide to this very popular type of design. No special skills or equipment are needed and the designs you create can be transferred to any medium, from carving to embroidery. Over 200 designs are shown in easy stages, including building up the initial line drawing, identifying crossing points and creating the characteristic Celtic ribbonwork.
Author: Courtney Davis Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486412296 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 50
Book Description
Artists, illustrators, designers, and craftspeople in search of exceptionally bold and inventive motifs will find them in this versatile treasury brimming with 125 royalty-free designs. Taken from authentic Celtic and Old Norse sources, they include an amazing array of birds, human figures, and mythological creatures, all ingeniously woven into an intricate network of spirals and interlacings. Meticulously adapted from artwork that graced ancient rune stones and religious symbols, furniture, manuscripts, bronze mirrors, sword hilts, cooking utensils, and other artifacts, the illustrations depict a crucifix; decorative creatures that adorned the pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels; interwoven designs from stone crosses of Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall; and many other designs and motifs. Convenient and inexpensive, this collection offers inspiration and a wealth of immediately usable dramatic ornamentation rich in character and distinctive in content.
Author: Iain Bain Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY) ISBN: 9780806986388 Category : Decoration and ornament, Celtic Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the most comprehensive work on this subject. Covers the history of Celtic knot art, complete with illustrations of original stone work. Easy-to-follow layouts are easy to copy for one's own enjoyment....a source of inspiration.-- The Irish Family Names Society. Iain Bain has admirably succeeded.-- The Irish Herald. 136 pages (8 in color), 528 b/w illus., 6 1/2 x 9 1/4.
Author: Lora S. Irish Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing ISBN: 1607651696 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 381
Book Description
Renowned author, Lora S. Irish, shares her secrets on creating stunning pyrography. Inside you'll find techniques, patterns, projects, and gallery.
Author: Aidan Meehan Publisher: ISBN: 9780500285459 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
A comprehensive survey of Celtic knot design is based on the collections of nineteenth-century Celtic art revivalist John Romilly Allen, in a volume that interprets each pattern, their uses as ornaments, and the numerous treatments that complemented their creation. Original.
Author: George Bain Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486317447 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.
Author: Aidan Meehan Publisher: ISBN: 9780500283998 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
Celtic knotwork is the single most widely appealing form within the rich repertoire of Celtic design. Aidan Meehan's new book provides step-by-step instruction for anyone who wants to master the traditional methods of freehand Celtic knot design and then progress to designing fresh knotwork patterns and variations. First, Meehan carefully and clearly explains how to draw the basic knot. Once that technique has been mastered, Meehan shows how to create designs with more complex knots, and how to draw border layouts. The book takes you through every step of the process, and exercises at the end of each unit ensure that you have mastered the techniques before you proceed to the next stage. Aidan Meehan is well known as a teacher and practitioner of Celtic design. Artists, designers, calligraphers, and craftspeople everywhere will find this book invaluable.
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