'Eye of the Storm' Celtic Spiral Tattoo

Today's client works in the educational system, striking a noble effort to help teachers do the best they can against horrific odds. He made a bet with his sons that an old guy like him COULD be cool enough to get a tattoo. They think he was at work today. FaceBook will out him! Thoroughly modern!

'Eye of the Storm' Celtic Spiral Tattoo by Pat Fish

Evoking the swirling forms seen in satellite views of massive storms, this ancient pattern from a cloisonné metalwork artifact has both the whirling power of the vortex and the calm center.

Prince of Peace Celtic Cross Tattoo

A new adaptation of an ancient cross found on a graveyard monument in Clonmacnoise, Ireland, the ecclesiastical heart of the nation. The proportions have been expanded to flare the ends of the cross arms and base, and opened up to add a small colored cross in the very center. A classic cross that can be reproduced at a small size, and carries historic significance.

Prince of Peace Celtic Cross Tattoo by Pat Fish

Celtic Ring and I'itoi Tattoo

A melding of two cultures, in this tattoo a man honors his ancestors on both his AmerIndian and Celtic sides. The I'itoi is the mischievous creator god of the O'odham, here represented as the Man in the Maze pattern frequently seen in the silver jewelry made by the Tohono O'odham people. Surrounded by an endless Celtic knotwork ring, the two become one just as he himself joins the two heritages. 

Celtic Ring and I'itoi Tattoo by Pat Fish

Celtic Dolphin Tattoo

A leaping Celtic knotwork dolphin graces the inner ankle of a client who chose to pair it with a La Tene band. The rolling wave of the band perfectly complements the cetacean, and the color used in the background under the dolphin's weaves is repeated as finial balls in the band, drawing the blue around to the outside of the band, where the tattoo appears to be only a jewelry anklet.

Celtic Dolphin Tattoo by Pat Fish

A knotwork dolphin unites the beauty of the cetacean form with delicate endless knots.

This pattern is available for purchase and immediate download: http://www.luckyfishart.com/celticdolphin.html