Celtic Tattoos

Looking for Celtic tattoos or a Celtic Design? We have the best celtic design tattoos sources and reference materials available. Whether it is celtic knots, cross, dragons or symbols you are looking for, you are sure to find something that fits you needs with our fantastic reference books. As an authorized Amazon.com affiliate, we have compiled these offerings for you. By clicking one of the book cover images or title links you will be taken to Amazons website where you can look at more information about the book or make a purchase. We have organized all of our recommended picture and design references by category (left hand links). You can visit one of the other categories by clicking any of the links.

Celtic Tattoos design references:

$12.57 at Amazon.com More Info	The Celtic Art Source Book - This is basically a "picture book" of examples of Celtic-style knotwork and images, each rendered in luscious four-color plates.
$11.17 at Amazon.com More Info	Celtic Design: A Beginner's Manual - 160 pages. Customer Review: "Covers the basic how-to of Celtic design, including step patterns, key patterns, spirals, uncial script calligraphy, and decorative letters. For more detailed information, see Meehan's other titles in the Celtic Design series. Includes plenty (258) of very well done black and white illustrations demonstrating the techniques described in the text."
$11.17 at Amazon.com More Info	Celtic Design: Spiral Patterns - 160 pages. Customer Review: "This is an excellent book for those looking to create celtic designs. This book teaches about the prehistoric spiral, the megalithic spiral then goes through early & middle celtic spirals. It then follows into the insular and golden age spirals. All in all this is a great book for someone looking to create celtic designs."
$11.17 at Amazon.com More Info	Celtic Design: Knotwork - 159 pages, over 400 illustrations. Amazon top 1000 reviewer says: "This book teaches the three grids, king Solomon's knot, the foundation knot, and the Josephine knot. It goes into extending knots, building a panel, the analysis of plaitwork, the division of a square, spiral knots, and spiral knot borders. The book is best used when accompianied by Aidan's other Celtic Design books. I have 7 of the books in this series and love them all! All in all this is a great book for someone looking to create celtic designs."
$20.99 at Amazon.com More Info	The Tattoo History Source Book - The Tattoo History Source Book is an exhaustingly thorough, lavishly illustrated collection of historical records of tattooing throughout the world, from ancient times to the present. Collected together in one place, for the first time, are texts by explorers, journalists, physicians, psychiatrists, anthropologists, scholars, novelists, criminologists, and tattoo artists. The illustrations, ranging from crude line drawings to full-color photos, are perhaps the most fascinating element in the book.

Thursday, May 15, 2008