Celtic Design: Knotwork : The Secret Method of the Scribes (Celtic Design)

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This remarkable series of practical, step-by-step guides brings together the most comprehensive collection ever published of Celtic designs and decorations and provides an invaluable source of inspiration for artists, designers and craftspeople of all kinds. Both freehand and canonical geometric methods are explained and detailed instructions are given on drawing and decorating letters in an authentic Celtic style, as well as on creating your own illuminated manuscript pages.

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Very interesting.......2006-03-20

Getting to know how this art was born, I strongly recommend to those who appreciate Celtic Art

Knotwork.......2006-03-14

I have not yet drawn knots from this book, but I have worked through Celtic Knots-Mastering the Traditional Pattern which I recommend at a first book for beginners like myself. However, I had read this book and can't wait to start drawing its knots.

If you're only buying one.......2006-01-19

If you're only buying one of Meehan's books, get this one. It's earned its cost 100 times over in helping me design my own knotwork patterns. The history is interesting on the first read; I'm not working on (nearly) priceless vellum so I can afford rough drafts on scrap paper and don't follow the formal construction methods. But there's plenty of material to serve as a starting point.

The collection of Trinity knots in the back is fabulous--try them in balloon art for a change of scale.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly.......2006-01-03

This book will show you how to make Celtic knots and it does contain detailed diagrams, however what this book shows you in 20 pages can be easily shown in just a couple of diagrams while at other times the book shows you in just a couple of diagrams what it should have shown you in 20 pages...So there is alot to be desired.

"What a tangled web we weave".......2002-11-16

Several years ago I was having a guitar made and wanted to use a Celtic theme for some of the inlay work. As usual, I discovered that this was a more complicated task than I had originally thought. Not all places on a guitar are equal, and trying to find a set of ideas that would work as a whole is almost as challenging as designing an illuminated manuscript page.

I my frantic search through the catalogs for books that provided more than pretty pictures, I stumbled across several volumes by Aidan Meehan, including this one on knotwork. Meehan's focus is as much on design as it is on imitation, which was perfect for what I was trying to do. The book is done in clean legible calligraphy with countless illustrations of both technique and results, making it a bit of an artwork itself.

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Versatile, royalty-free, and immediately usable patterns provide artists and craftspeople with a wealth of exotic design options, including serpentine scrolls, intricately interwoven motifs, fanciful creatures of the sea and sky, symbols for biblical characters, bizarre creatures of the forest, and much more. 96 black-and-white illustrations.

Celtic Borders and Motifs (Design Source Books)

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Celtic Borders

Celtic Borders and Motifs (Design Source Books)
Lesley Davies
Manufacturer: Search Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1844480704

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Celtic Borders.......2007-09-21

Plan to pass this on to someone that I think can do close work with a steady hand.

Celtic Borders and Backgrounds CD-ROM and Book (Electronic Clip Art)

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Celtic Borders and Backgrounds CD-ROM and Book (Electronic Clip Art)
Courtney Davis
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486997901

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This exciting and versatile treasury of over 100 designs offers artists many different types of Celtic motifs, both abstract and pictorial, all expertly adapted from authentic Celtic sources. The wide variety of sizes and shapes range from full- and half-page rectangles, triangles, and circles to frames, borders, corners, and medallions.

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101 Celtic Borders (101 Celtic Series)
Courtney Davis
Manufacturer: F&W Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0715324330

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"A Comprehensive Design Source Book Sharing Classic and Modern Patterns *From one of the top authors in the genre *Features more border designs than any competitor *Includes full-color and black-and-white designs for inspiration and copying With a gorgeous spectrum of Celtic borders, this guide from esteemed author Courtney Davis features examples of borders found on ancient manuscripts, as well as Davis's own celebrated modern interpretations. Designers and crafters alike will welcome the full color images for inspiration, as well as the black-and-white versions for easy copying, as they integrate pieces of Celtic history in their own stunning projects."

Ready-to-Use Celtic Borders on Layout Grids (Dover Clip Art Series)

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Ready-to-Use Celtic Borders on Layout Grids (Dover Clip Art Series)
Mallory Pearce
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486265188

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Distinctive royalty-free graphics: 23 full-page designs, 14 half-page borders, Celtic alphabet, full page of nine spectacular animal and mythical creatures.

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The two best features of this book are the invitation to copy, scan and otherwise duplicate the designs, and the hardly visible pale blue gridlines on the pages. Okay, it has a really good variety of borders as well. Both the bounded kind, and in the back some free line designs. they even provide a nice celtic alphabet in the back for use. But the non-xeroxing blue layhout lines means that you are going to get things really centered on the page before copying. This is a big plus in my book. I only give it four stars because page borders just dont thrill me enough for five stars. Maybe if they were in color..

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Clear instruction for creating your own intriguing borders

Celtic Borders
Aidan Meehan
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0500280673

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Borders are a natural development of Celtic patterns, whereby an abstract or animal pattern may be repeated to fill a band or frame a panel. Aidan Meehan shows how to create a variety of rectangular Celtic borders, based upon a simple square-grid. The borders are proportioned to fit a standard letter-size page, but are equally suited for stationery or illuminated pages, and are readily adaptable to any number of craft applications.

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Clear instruction for creating your own intriguing borders.......2000-03-29

This book is intended to instruct and inspire an artist to create their own Celtic borders. Aidan Meehan is passionate about Celtic design and hopes that this book will aid in a resurgence of fresh invention and creativity in the field of interlaced art.

Aidan has identified consistent principles and techniques that will enable even a beginner to draw gorgeous celtic borders. He begins by introducing the conventions that underlie all Celtic borders by clearly explaining the use of a layout grid.

Next he constructs a series of borders, each building on the previous example. He clearly explains how borders are connected at corners, which I have found difficult to understand in other texts. He explains how to draw delightful animal borders that are often considered too difficult for a beginner to attempt. Although a beginner, I had success by using his techniques. Follow them and you will be able to draw wild men interlaced with biting dogs!

The text is also fun because it is sprinkled with his observations on optical illusions, brain teasers, and how the left and right side of the brain are affected by the designs. He feels, and so will you, that this is the secret of the enduring charm of Celtic border designs.

Border Lands: The Best of David Adam's Celtic Vision
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Visceral prayer

Border Lands: The Best of David Adam's Celtic Vision
David Adam
Manufacturer: Sheed & Ward
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1580510701

Book Description

The best of international bestselling author David Adam's writings. Adam demonstrates a unique blend of modern concerns with a distinctively Celtic approach.

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Visceral prayer.......2001-07-29

David Adam's pungent, freshly minted prayers in the tradition of the Celtic saints are strong medicine for overdoses of prayers composed in the theologically abstract mode. Adams artfully and ably demonstrates the possibility of full-orbed, life-encompassing communion with God. His uncanny resonance with the visions of St. Aiden and St. Cuthbert must certainly pay tribute to the ambiance of his post on Holy Island (Lindisfarne).

Ready-to-Use Celtic Frames and Borders (Clip Art Series)

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Ready-to-Use Celtic Frames and Borders (Clip Art Series)
Mallory Pearce
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art Series)
159 Celtic Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

ASIN: 0486402355

Book Description

Add a distinctive Celtic touch to newsletters, bulletins, advertisements, and a host of other projects with the inspired graphics in this royalty-free collection. Fanciful creatures of the forest, sea and sky are incorporated in 96 frames and borders, offering artists and craftspeople a wealth of exotic design options.

Full-Color Celtic Frames and Borders CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)

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Celtic Frames and Borders CD-ROM by Mallory Pearce
Disappointing

Full-Color Celtic Frames and Borders CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Mallory Pearce
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Full-Color Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Full-Color Electronic Design)
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ASIN: 0486995216

Book Description

Eye-catching labyrinthine designs, faithfully adapted from 59 authentic Celtic motifs, incorporate mythical creatures, birds, mermaids, abstract patterns, geometrical and animal forms, a handsome Celtic cross, and more. Perfect for adding a unique touch to almost any commercial and artistic project, these dazzling images are suitable for computer or traditional cut-and-paste use.

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Celtic Frames and Borders CD-ROM by Mallory Pearce.......2007-02-11

Book has been enjoyed by my husband. The book was in excellent condition.

Disappointing.......2003-12-08

The images in this production are to Celtic illustration what imitation crab meat is to the real thing. Sad to say the quality of the images are just a couple of steps above cartoon art. Also disappointing is the fact that the images were scanned at 300 x 300 dpi. In this day and age, when many printers are cranking out 2,500 dpi, this low level of scanning leaves a lot to be desired. I have purchased other Dover products in the past and have been very pleased. The purchase of this book is one I regret.

SCRAPS: ADVENTURES IN SCRAPBOOKING
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Hilarious Look At the Fabulous World Of Scrapbooking

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Not a How-to, but a very funny Why-to!

Need a Good Belly Laugh?

Supremely Funny!

SCRAPS: ADVENTURES IN SCRAPBOOKING
Wendy Bagley
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1401302165

Book Description

In the tradition of Stitch n Bitch, a collection of humorous essays about Americas obsession with scrapbooking Scrapbooking leads to deeper love, better health, perfect kindness, universal peace, a clearer complexion, and material wealth. Or so says Wendy Bagley, the witty author of Scraps: Adventures in Scrapbooking. Scraps is a hysterical collection of essays celebrating this outrageously popular hobby in all its glory. True Scrapaholicsa.k.a. Crop Queens, Photo Fiends, and 35-millimeter Mamaswill rejoice to see themselves reflected in the pages of this one-of-a-kind send-up. Overflowing with helpful hints (Successful scrapbooking is one percent inspiration, eighty-nine percent perspiration, and ten percent snack food) and aspirational wisdom (see the chapter titled World Peace Through Scrapbooking), Scraps is the perfect gift for the scrapbooking Mom who has everything.

Customer Reviews:

Hilarious Look At the Fabulous World Of Scrapbooking.......2007-01-21

Wendy Bagley is a hoot...she has an incredibly keen sense of humor and birds eye view of the scrapbooking world. Even her chapter titles are enough to elicit a chuckle or two. If you're a scrapper or know a scrapper, this book will give you a laugh and an insight or two into the world of scrapbooking.

I read it through in one evening...couldn't put it down. The chapters are short and so engaging that you just can't resist turning the next page. The perfect gift for a scrapper or yourself. I highly recommend it!

Excellent Essays for Mothers.......2006-08-13

This book is way overdue! Its essays are poignant, amusing,and the author comes across as if you are her best friend. Bless this book for getting me off the hook for not being the perfect mother, sister, friend, person. Very funny, very good.

Not a How-to, but a very funny Why-to! .......2006-05-01

Every page of this book of essays made me laugh, if not wildly, then unexpectedly. Nearly every page of my copy of SCRAPS is earmarked or underlined in part for a funny sentence or paragraph that I plan to reread. The author gives us a wonderfully twisted look at screwy women who scrapbook (or don't, and wish they did). I love-uh-love-uh-LOVED it!

Need a Good Belly Laugh?.......2005-12-17

This book is just hilarious! The mildly seasoned scrapbooker with even a hint of a sense of humor will find themselves bursting out laughing at any moment-I sometimes read a chapter in the middle of the night if I am having trouble sleeping and have been quite worried I might awaken the entire household with my laughter! This book sounds just like something my sister-in-law would write, so I often hear her voice reading it to me :-) Yes, at one point the author even refers to the reader as "Missy" just as she does with me on occasion! I have never met Wendy Bagley, but if she has a tiny bit stage presence, I think she would be a great stand up comedian at one of those big nationally sponsored Crops. So, yes, be sure you buy this book for yourself and any other scrapbookers you know who might benefit from a good belly laugh.

Supremely Funny!.......2005-11-18

This hilarious sendup of scrapbooking is funny from the first page.From there on it only gets better. Each essay takes a look at the obsessions and passions of people who are crazy about their family, friends, and photos. When she's not being funny, the author can actually be touching. This book made me look at my sweet wife in a new light.

Scraps: Adventures in Scrapbooking: Adventures in Scrapbooking

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Scraps: Adventures in Scrapbooking: Adventures in Scrapbooking
written by Wendy W. Bagley; edited by Susan Winegar
Manufacturer: Imprint Books
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Scraps: Adventures In Scrapbooking takes a funny look at what crops up in the lives of scrapaholics; queen croppers; 35mm Mommas; and women on the cutting edge. Vigorously subjective yet sloppy with syntax, Wendy W. Bagley gets the important stuff right or at least written and she gives readers an abundance of laugh-out-loud information covering everything from the history of scrapbooking and its culture to the subtleties of scrapbooking with or without exclamation points. This collection of scrapbook humor offers thousands of words and dozens of chapters including and namely: Surefire Photo Safety; Scraps Of Wisdom; A Pen For Your Thoughts; The Grim Scrapper; Everybody Smile; The Final Cut; Put On A Happy Face; Crop In The Name Of Love; Man-made Scrapbooks; History Of Scrapbooking; How To Start A Scrapbooking Business; and Photos Are Forever. As entertaining as it is constructive, Scraps is required reading for all scrapbookers and suggested reading for anyone who sees a future in chronicling her past.

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