The amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland, has been morphed to fit an arm or leg. It makes a continuous pattern that links up to make a full sleeve. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab.The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and is the symbol for creation and growth.
Secret Tree of Life Tattoo Design
A circular tree of life pattern with a swirling trunk and roots that tie into a ring of Celtic knots. In this placement the navel forms a hole in the tree for a secret animal spirit to live within.
Bronze Sword La Tene Culture Tattoo Design
An intricate pattern found detailing an ancient La Tene culture bronze sword. A wish for strength and success in battle, dating from before the time of iron, or of steel.
Black Rose Classic Tattoo Design
One of the most classic of the old school WWII tattoos, the black rose was the mark of one who had looked death in the face and survived.
Sweet story about this one. A WWII vet came into the shop and announced he was done with this old youthful indiscretion, the cherry with "Here's mine, where's yours?" he got when he was 17 and going off to war. He said "I don't want to go to my grave with it." So in honor of his recently deceased dearly loved wife we obliterated the past with a red rose, and put her name above.
