Intermediate Guide to Celtic Patterns: What Every Celtic Artist Should Know to Make Better and Unique Designs
By Abby O'Shea
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Absolutely useless book. There are no illustrations to follow along with the text. If I could rate this book zero stars, I would.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The other Celtic patterns for beginners, book by the same author, was completely useless as there are zero illustrations. This book is the same. I am surprised the author bothered to write a (another) book with with no examples.
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Intermediate Guide to Celtic Patterns - Abby O'Shea
Table of Contents¶
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Table of Contents¶
Introduction¶
Chapter One: Celtic Calligraphy¶
Chapter Two: Celtic Patterns for Needlework Embellishment, Clothing and Quilts¶
Chapter Three: Master Your Celtic Knots¶
Chapter Four: Secret Grid Technique to Draw Patterns¶
Chapter Five: How to Design Your Own Celtic Pattern¶
Chapter Six: Celtic Maze Pattern and Game¶
Chapter Seven: Medieval Illuminated Manuscript¶
Chapter Eight: Celtic Symbols¶
Chapter Nine: Zoomorphic Knotwork Animals¶
Chapter Ten: Double Celtic Knot Paracord¶
Chapter Eleven: Celtic Monkey Fist¶
Chapter Twelve: Celtic Knot Keychain¶
Chapter Thirteen: Trinity Knot on a Mandala¶
Chapter Fourteen: Khala Pattern with Color Enhancement¶
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Introduction¶
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Completing the ‘Beginners Guide to Celtic Patterns' was a great accomplishment, congratulations! It was the gateway to advancing your Celtic design skills and becoming the next celebrated Celtic designer. Great, isn’t it? Don’t assume that you’ve become a pro overnight though. No! It’s a journey you just began, and you need to stay focused and committed to reach your final destination and aspiration—becoming a Celtic design pro.¶
Amazing! The journey to your final destination has brought you here! This book—Intermediate Guide to Celtic Patterns—will sharpen your skills, teach you how to use the basic knowledge you already acquired, push you further along the journey, and turn you into a pro in no time. Prepare your mind for several Celtic projects you never knew existed. Since these projects come with easy step-by-step analysis, you can also create your own designs and up your skills
a bit.¶
Are you ready? In this book, you will learn how to incorporate your Celtic patterns into calligraphy, how to integrate these patterns to clothing, how to master your Celtic knots, secret grid techniques you can use to sketch your Celtic patterns, how you can design your own Celtic patterns, and how to sketch Celtic maze patterns. Also, by the time you finish this book, you will understand the fundamentals of illuminated manuscripts, and how to create one, as well as how to integrate zoomorphic knotwork animals into your Celtic artwork, how to create a double Celtic knot paracord, a Celtic monkey fist, and a Celtic knot keychain. Other things you’ll learn include how to create colorful mandala projects, and how to use pencil colors to draw khala patterns.¶
Intermediate Guide to Celtic Patterns, like a traveler’s compass, offers clear direction on how you can become a pro in Celtic designs in a short time. Your journey to stardom starts here.¶
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Chapter One: Celtic Calligraphy¶
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Call it Celtic Calligraphy
or Celtic Knots
and you are on point. These knots are actually embellishments often used to create unique designs on clothes and other home decorations. Remnants of these knots are everywhere many years after Celtic civilization hit a standstill. Still, more societies are embracing the Celtic culture, and its influence on the modern world is growing out of control. Celtic knots mean many things to many people but this depends on the overriding culture of the place where the knots are used. Some of these knots symbolize loyalty, love, friendship, and faith. With just a thread, people have used Celtic knots to symbolize how life and eternity are intertwined. Celtic knots, being complex decorative designs, have been extensively used to beautify items such as cutlery, clothing, mugs, plates, and jewelry sets.¶
A look back at ancient history will help us understand what Celtic knots really stand for. Back around 450 A.D., Christians began to influence Celtic civilization by creating Christian manuscripts and artwork that incorporated plants, animals, and humans. Knot patterns were being used to decorate artefacts, illuminated pages, clothes, and other finished items, not just during the mediaeval times for the Gaelic Celts. Often, these patterns went with beautiful and amazing calligraphy. Still, religious people, apart from Christian and Muslim faithfuls, also had Celtic designs that met their needs.¶
Celtic knot designs can enhance seamless and elaborate fabrics and other finished items. Their well laid out grids, lines, symmetrical patterns, and flowing letterforms could be all you need to make your finished items spectacular. Are you wondering about how to create knot designs as infill for decorative initials? No worries. Celtic knot designs, like other artworks, are shaped by your innate ability and talent, not just basic or historical principles or skills. Fine, you could learn the principles or practice the original skills, but your creative ingenuity determines how far you will go. Power the principles with personal creativity and you will create great knot designs.
Think about the complexity of the Celtic knots you want to create. See what you need to put in place to achieve it. Sure, it is not something you can achieve in a hurry. You need to exercise some patience as you try to work things out. Some knots, if not all, require certain mathematical structures and principles. So, you need to understand how these structures work before you can create an amazing Celtic knot. Take your time to create elaborate and complex knot patterns you want. Are you wondering about the number of hours it would take you to create a Celtic knot? Designing a Celtic knot could take you 30 minutes, one hour, one day, or many weeks, depending on the size of the design, the number of tiny lines you draw per minute, and how long it takes you to color the tiny boxes you have created.¶
Gradually, as you draw your Celtic designs, you will really enjoy the process because it is a relaxing and meditative activity. Your level of alertness and creativity will determine how well you handle and enjoy the repetitive movements of creating your favorite knots. Scanners and image software can be used to manipulate and reproduce several sections of Celtic knots rapidly, especially when you are in a hurry to create choice Celtic designs. Some people enjoy the action of drawing by hand, while others love to have the help technology can offer. However, if you really want to master Celtic knots, you need to practice drawing them and really understanding how they are composed structurally.¶
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Popular Celtic Knots and What They Stand For¶
Celtic knots look good. There is no doubt about that. People have been enjoying these knots as early as the 3rd century. Each knot has its