Production Details:

Softback
192pp

Description:

This completely new approach allows you to draw authentic knotwork designs by following a simple, step-by-step process. Over 200 designs are shown in easy stages, including building up the initial line drawing, identifying crossing points, and creating the characteristic Celtic ribbonwork.
Learn how to make mitred corners, Corner motifs and zoomorphic designs, including fish, snakes, dogs, birds and plants. Once the basic method has been understood, you can combine and adapt designs and create your own unique Celtic patterns. Discover how to plot designs to fit any shape - irregular, circular, hexagonal - and how to add colour to give a truly Celtic brilliance.
In addition, a gallery of inspirational photography shows Celtic knotwork designs used in crafts as diverse as woodcarving and quilling, pyrography and beadwork, calligraphy and china painting.