These flowing animal 'zoomorphic'
designs and knotwork
are particularly suited to Kolrosing. This is a real find!
The book has the same wonderful 223 patterns as the CD.
If you have a computer you can use it to printout, resize,
or manipulate the patterns. See more below.
Celtic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
48 pages + CD $14.95
"This outstanding collection
of designs offers commercial artists and craftworkers a rich
and diverse selection of authentic Celtic motifs. Ideal for use
as border elements or single subjects, the patterns depict elaborate
spirals and weaves, exotic birds, horned beasts, mermaids, and
other fanciful creatures.
This CD-ROM contains all of the images shown in the accompanying
book. You can browse through the book at your leisure to determine
which images best fit your needs. Once you have decided that,
you are ready to turn to the CD-ROM. Each image has been scanned
at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats-BMP, EPS, GIF,
JPEG, PICT, and TIFF. The images can be used in a wide variety
of word processing and graphics applications. The most common
graphics file formats in use today are EPS, TIFF, and JPEG, and
most newer software and hardware should be able to utilize these
formats with no problems. PICT and BMP are particularly useful
if you have older software. GIF is widely used on the Internet."
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The book we have been waiting
for! It lives up to its title.
If you have ever wanted to learn to draw Celtic Design,
this will take you there. Very well done.
Draw Your Own Celtic Designs by David
James,
127 pages $16.99
"This book shows you how to create beautiful and intricate
Celtic designs from first principles. Knotwork, spirals, key
patterns, designs incorporating animals and beasts and Celtic
lettering are all included and can be achieved by anyone with
no knowledge of the art form, simply by following the step by
step instructions. The beautiful designs can be applied to many
different types of art or craftwork projects from producing your
own stationary or greeting cards, to patterns for knitting, cake
icing, quilting or embroidery, or simply creating your own individual
artworks."
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Wow! What a resource!
I counted well over 300 gorgeous
illustrations. And virtually all are very well adapted to
Kolrosing. We have chosen 4 excellent quality books to offer;
if we had to choose just one to get - it would be a tough call
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but we'd pick this one, it is so thouough.
( Back cover shown at right ---> )
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Back Cover
The Crafters Design Library - Celtic by Chris Down $19.99
128 Pages of Quick and simple motifs progressing to more
detailed, intricate patterns included in each chapter .
Chapters are: Knots, Circles, Spirals, Borders, Birds,
Beasts,
Serpents,Figures, La Tene, Saints, Alphabets, Tree of Life.
Includes a step by step guide to using the motifs and
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We picked this one
because of the fluid rich styles and forms
so suited to elegant woodcarving. Description to the right---> |
Celtic and Old Norse Designs by Courtney Davis, 44 pages $6.95
Artists, illustrators, designers, and craftspeople in search
of exceptionally bold and inventive motifs will find them in
this versatile treasury brimming with 125 copyright-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.
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