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Great Book of Celtic Patterns: The Ultimate Design Sourcebook for Artists and Crafters

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Lora S. Irish is a talented designed and author. She has the ability to make the complicated simple and accessible for we less talented masses. This book may actually be THE ultimate design source for celtic knots, as least for the novice/beginner.

Well-laid out, Irish offers background, history and origins of the Celtic Knot and a nice gallery of various media illustrating use of the Knot. She shows us simply how to understand the patterns and how they flow, including a great beginners lesson on plotting and graphing Knots, as well as layouts. I like her use of colored pencils to illustrate shadow and depth, and in so doing she gave us a little primer of their use, too.

You will not be disappointed in adding this book as a design source to your library, whether you are a gourd artist, woodburner, painter or just like to doodle.

I gave this book as a gift to an artist-friend, who loves it so much, he takes it and a sketchpad everywhere. I wish all my gifts were as well-received!

This book is so fantastic, I could hardly put it down. I have used some of the images to do needle felting. This an ultimate sourcebook. I highly recommend this for anyone interested in Celtic Art.

This book is a great book of celtic design. It not only gives the history of design but it also includes a wonderful section on drawing knot work and celtic design. This is the best book I have seen thus far on celtic design and knot work.

Fabulous book... Being first-born american, of English, Scottish, Irish, and welsh decent, (Okay "British", lol)...

I'm very interested in celtic designs.I enjoy the art of painters and artists such as some of the great Fairy artists, attending Ren Faires and admiring the handiwork of the artisans, and am an avid artist and photographer. As for celtic design, I try to incorporate it when I can, in paintings/sketches, and plan to include it more in my jewelry and hand-tooled leather designs. It's an excellent resourse, as the designs and shadings are excellent, and it will be a lovely addition to anyone'sceltic/leatherwork/crewel/sewing/embroidery/drawing and/or other crafting resource library!

This is an excellent overview of the layout and development of Celtic patterns. The brief history and descriptions of major forms is helpful without being burdensome. It also contains excellent color examples of Celtic designs used in various contemporary art forms. It is much easier to read and use than the verbose and overly detailed British reprints that are available. An excellent book for the beginner and an inspiration to the experienced artist.

Superbly written. Stunning array of patterns and descriptions. A must have for your craft source library.

I do leatherwork & have wanted to do Celtic braids & knots on belts, wallets, checkbooks, etc. I haven't found a very good resource for patterns until this book. Not only are there a lot of patterns in this book for you to use, they show you how to design your own Celtic braids & knots.

If you want to use Celtic braids or knots, this is the book for you. If you want to design your own Celtic braids or knots, this is the book for you. If you just enjoy seeing great examples of Celtic braids or knots, this is the book for you.

The book was purchased with the intent of getting design ideas for leather crafting. It meets that need and then some. There is a nice coolection and variety of material that would work well for the leather crafter as well as the even a wood carver or other artist.

I bought this, pretty much as you are now. Searching for something good, wondering if it is really worth the money and trying to decide if the people reviewing it honestly know what they are talking about ;).

This is a must have, If you love Celtic knots, hearts, designs, or history it is all in here and its not in here in a way that puts you to sleep. Its well written, very very well photographed and very easy to follow. I love this book and honestly have taken up a huge Celtic knot sketchpad with all I have learned from it. If your an artist or anyone looking at purchasing this for any reason, I highly highly recommend it, and this is rare from me.

Best wishes,

~Dustin~