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"--
Celtic and Old Norse Designs
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.
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.
The Treasury of Celtic Knots
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.
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.
Creating Celtic Animal Designs
Author: Cari Buziak
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486837319
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Many instruction books focus on how to duplicate a given set of designs, but this unique work shows how to create your own. The Aon method presents simple, step-by-step directions for incorporating animal forms into Celtic designs.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486837319
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Many instruction books focus on how to duplicate a given set of designs, but this unique work shows how to create your own. The Aon method presents simple, step-by-step directions for incorporating animal forms into Celtic designs.
Celtic Knotwork
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.
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.
Celtic Stencil Designs
Author: Co Spinhoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486996786
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Exciting, versatile images depict birds and beasts of myth and scripture, elegant abstract designs, and more. Available in varied sizes, shapes, and complexities. 164 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486996786
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Exciting, versatile images depict birds and beasts of myth and scripture, elegant abstract designs, and more. Available in varied sizes, shapes, and complexities. 164 black-and-white illustrations.
Celtic Knots
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.
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.
Celtic Quilts
Author: Beth Ann Williams
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
ISBN: 9781564773104
Category : Decoration and ornament, Celtic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These all-new, timesaving techniques show quilters how to create exquisite, interlacing Celtic patterns more simply and quickly than ever before Just "baste" designs with fusible web, machine appliqu with "invisible" stitches, and add dramatic color and texture with decorative threads. A mix of ancient and modern Celtic patterns is provided. Includes: Complete instructions for 12 beautiful Celtic wall quilts, pillows, and table runners. Elegant block, medallion, and border patterns, all given a fresh look with color-rich prints. Tips on making stained-glass style Celtic quilts with ready-made 1/4" bias strips.
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
ISBN: 9781564773104
Category : Decoration and ornament, Celtic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These all-new, timesaving techniques show quilters how to create exquisite, interlacing Celtic patterns more simply and quickly than ever before Just "baste" designs with fusible web, machine appliqu with "invisible" stitches, and add dramatic color and texture with decorative threads. A mix of ancient and modern Celtic patterns is provided. Includes: Complete instructions for 12 beautiful Celtic wall quilts, pillows, and table runners. Elegant block, medallion, and border patterns, all given a fresh look with color-rich prints. Tips on making stained-glass style Celtic quilts with ready-made 1/4" bias strips.