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.

Celtic and Norse Designs CD-ROM and Book

Author: Amy L. Lusebrink
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486997928
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Rescued from ancient sources, these exceptionally bold motifs include an amazing array of birds, human figures, and mythological creatures, all ingeniously woven into intricate networks of spirals and interlacings. 221 illustrations, 48 of them in color, meticulously adapted from artwork that once graced ancient rune stones, furniture, sword hilts, and other artifacts.

Celtic and Norse Designs

Author: Amy L. Lusebrink
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clip art
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description

Celtic Designs and Motifs

Author: Courtney Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486267180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Contains 103 copyright-free Celtic designs and motifs for graphic artists.

Viking Designs

Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486404692
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
This compilation features more than 175 dynamic, royalty-free motifs in a wide range of styles. Derived from the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, carvings, and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, they include sinuously intertwined patterns, mythological animals, dragon-slaying heroes on horseback, and many other striking images.

Celtic Designs

Author: Dover Publications, Inc
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486999408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Intriguing archive of 96 black-and-white designs features the sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts, geometrics, and other elements that give Celtic art its unique distinction. Clear, crisp, professionally drawn motifs will lend themselves to a host of art and craft purposes. Included disc contains all designs in book.

Celtic and Norse Designs

Author: Amy L. Lusebrink
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clip art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Celtic Charted Designs

Author: Co Spinhoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157199
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
Over 300 lovely designs from Book of Kells, Tara Brooch, and other authentic Celtic sources: spiral work, knot work, biomorphic patterns, more.

Celtic Iron-On Transfer Patterns

Author: Courtney Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486260594
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Appealing collection of 65 easy-to-apply iron-on transfer patterns featuring finely balanced Celtic designs that range from simple fretwork to elaborate wreaths, borders and frames that imaginatively incorporate animals and plants. Apply to any flat surface that absorbs ink. Easy-to-follow instructions tell how to transfer designs that can be used for crewel work, fabric painting, appliqué, wood burning and other crafts.

Great Book of Celtic Patterns

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"--