Celtic Charted Designs

Celtic Charted Designs

Author: Co Spinhoven

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-29

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0486157199

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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 Animals Charted Designs

Celtic Animals Charted Designs

Author: Ina Kliffen

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780486291253

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Forty-three carefully designed color-coded charts depict bizarre mythical creatures that abound in Celtic art. Complete instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams enable even beginning needlecrafters to create a wealth of fabulous patterns that will embellish clothing, linens, and other domestic items.


Charted Peasant Designs from Saxon Transylvania

Charted Peasant Designs from Saxon Transylvania

Author: Emil Sigerus

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 0486234258

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A century ago, a folk art enthusiast collected these ornate, highly stylized designs from among a now-dispersed community of ethnic Germans residing in Transylvania. Nearly 200 designs include birds, flowers, mythical creatures, and other motifs in styles ranging from simple to complex and in themes from medieval to modern. Easily adapted to other crafts projects.


Celtic Art in Cross Stitch

Celtic Art in Cross Stitch

Author: Barbara Hammet

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780715312131

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Designer Barabara Hammet combines both practical skill and interpretive vision in this new and exciting collection of cross stitch projects. Drawing her inspiration from the surviving examples of the art of ancient Celtic kingdoms, she's produced a series of stunning re-workings of the classical Celtic swirling shapes and sinuous forms that are at once both modern and timeless. Projects include pin cushions, needle cases, bookmarks, box lids, cushions, table cloths, place mats, and more! and there's many more patterns to suit every level of skill, plus a motif library to provide plenty of inspiration for further projects.


Celtic and Old Norse Designs

Celtic and Old Norse Designs

Author: Courtney Davis

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486412296

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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 Cross Stitch

Celtic Cross Stitch

Author: Anne Orr

Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781859746417

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Presents patterns and instructions for over forty small cross-stitch projects inspired by the images and motifs of Celtic art, grouped in the categories of water, fire, air, and earth; and includes background on the Celtic world, as well as basic cross-stitch techniques.


Celtic Cross Stitch

Celtic Cross Stitch

Author: Gail Lawther

Publisher: David & Charles Publishers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780715302729

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This book presents 30 projects using traditional Celtic art designs. Projects range from simple cards and pictures, a cushion and a rug, to an embroidered border for a wedding dress. Included is a separate section on Celtic alphabets.


Celtic Art

Celtic Art

Author: George Bain

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486317447

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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.