How to Draw Celtic Key Patterns


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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.




How to Draw Celtic Knotwork


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Enables the novice to draw intricate Celtic-style knotwork without months of practice or any artistic training.




Celtic Art


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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.




Celtic Charted Designs


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




Celtic Key Patterns


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Here's the complete and informative guide to the history and reconstruction of the work of the ancient scribes. Included are color plates of the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels that show how intricate and beautiful Celtic design was thousands of years ago.




Great Book of Celtic Patterns


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Unravel the secrets to creating Celtic knot work as you adorn your completed wood burning, carving, and scrolling projects with beautifull twists, braids and textures. Features 200 original patterns and designs.




Learn to Draw Celtic Designs


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Adorn your art and craft projects with beautiful Celtic knots, twists, braids and textures. Features 150 original patterns and designs.




Patterns


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In Patterns: Design and Composition, M. A. Hann and I. S. Moxon present guidelines for the original design and composition of regular patterns alongside an understanding of the inherent structures of these patterns. Starting with the compositional elements, Hann and Moxon take the reader through patterns in the environment, early forms of patterns and aspects of classification based on circles, squares, triangles and symmetry. With 250 images sourced from past examples as well as student work, this essential read for design students and researchers demonstrates how simplicity begets complexity in the design and composition of regular patterns.




Celtic Knotwork Designs


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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.




Celtic Pattern


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How do you draw Celtic knotwork? What are the secrets of keys? Are there tricks for drawing Celtic spirals? What do these mysterious patterns actually mean? Who drew them? Where did they come from? In this exquisite pocket book, author and artist Adam Tetlow shows us the practical tricks of the trade and the hidden principles behind the ancient magical science of Celtic artwork. With examples from both early and later periods, illustrations by the author and rare engravings. WOODEN BOOKS US EDITIONS. Small books, BIG ideas.




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