Celtic greyhounds pattern. All hand-drawn then scanned into the computer and put together digitally in Adobe Illustrator.

reproduction of folio 138 of the Lindisfarne Book

A3 acrylic on paper, inspired by the story of the children of lir

Just a tribute to the incredible zoomorphic Celtic work of the Book of Kells authors

Handcarved in Noble Fir. The eagle is the symbol of St Mark.

I’m working on this right now – it’s a design for a tattoo

Zoomorphic interweaved dogs, inspired by the great work of George Bain. Created using traditional media: pencils and inkpen, with tracing paper to duplicate the dogs.

This sporran is an example of a design of my own creation, inspired by the Celtic knotwork of George Bain, as well as the work of other such brilliant artists as Alan Lee. The dragon design is hand tooled into a 5 oz. vegi tanned cowhide, which was then hand dyed. The front piece is also embellished with a two loop Spanish lace. Although the design is based on classic elements of Celtic knotwork, this piece, I think, reflects less traditional line spacing and has more organic flow.

The overall form of the sporran is derived from the classic Hunting Style Sporrans of the 19th & 20th Centuries.

Carpet page utilizing all four of the major motifs of Celtic Art – interlace, spirals, key patterns and zoomorphs. The birds take you on a journey around the image visiting the musicians, while the dogs protect all four corners.

This triangular shawl has a border composed of intertwined square Celtic knots, which are worked separately in alternating centre-out/centre-in knitted squares, and joined at each edge to produce a continuous knot flowing across the border. The two-colour effect is achieved using a combination of slipped-stitches and cable knitting. This shawl pattern is published in my second book, Illuminated Knits (2017).

This is one of my first attempts of hand tooling an intricate Celtic design in leather, so I used an open source design for the piece. I was quite happy with outcome! I have since progressed to using design patterns which I have created, using original source Celtic designs as inspiration. This sporran is all hand cut, hand sewn, hand dyed, and hand tooled.

One of my great passions about Celtic art is the geometric designs and this one showcases it.
I always like to add a hint of spiral to my construction when forming circles. I find it gives the design movement.
I found this design a real challenge to construct but good fun.