Celtic Knotwork Handbook

by Sheila Sturrock

Book Overview

A compact version of the author's best-selling book on Celtic knotwork. Over 200 designs, plus advice on developing original designs, allow the reader either to use a ready made design or draw one for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861081154
• ISBN13: 9781861081155
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: GMC Publications
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Simple techniques, beautiful results

In the "Celtic Knotwork Handbook" Sheila Sturrock invites the beginner into the adventure of designing and constructing beautiful Celtic knotwork patterns. Don't be fooled by the simple techniques explained in the book. By first teaching how to plot basic patterns on a graph paper, she teaches the student the basic patterns and designs. From these basic beginnings the student then learns how to leverage those skills to create larger more complex patterns. In a matter of about an hour I was able to design and draw basic patterns easily. By the next day I could design and produce much more complex patterns and was quite pleased with the results. An enjoyable book that teaches one of the easiest methods to learn and create Celtic knotwork, it is a valuable reference as well as just plain fun.

The Celtic Knotwork Handbook, a perfect book for beginers

If you are just getting started, or have been interested in knotwork for a while, this is a great book! It provides historical information, diagrams, how to make circular knots, anamorphics, and more than 100 original knots, which include corners, borders, and motifs. This is the best keltic knot book I've seen.

Celtic Knotwork Handbook

This book is an interesting beginning for those just starting out in celtic artwork. At first, the lack of detailed instructions is confusing, but once you get the hang of it, it is very simple. This book shows an interesting way of doing complicated knotwork.