A very bold and stalwart statement, one endless line returning to the beginning, one life lived in service and courage. A celebration of the Celtic warrior spirit in a tattoo design as timeless as the ancient illuminated manuscripts from which it was taken.
Pictish Flower Stone Carving Tattoo Design
The mysterious Pictish flower, carved on many standing stones in Scotland in the 6th century. Evocative and elusive: is it a bluebell? Is it an alien visitor from Outer Space? For this man the petroglyph found a place in his sleeve of Pictish symbols.
Stag & Hound Celtic Band Tattoo Design
A vigorous hunting scene in a band, with a Celtic stag being pursued by an Irish Wolfhound. Surrounded by and mixed up in a matrix of complex knotwork.
Spiral Sleeve Pictish Celtic Tattoo Design
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.
