Home

Art Baskets

Knives

Netsuke

Resources

Celtic Pyrography - Page 2

The following is a brief introduction to Celtic line drawing. I have a small tutorial on very basic Celtic knotwork that I’ll be happy to email a copy to you, in Adobe PDF format (it's free!). If you would like a copy, please contact us by email.

Request a copy by email:

It’s 1.2 megabytes in size, so please check to make sure your ISP’s email policies allow attachments of that size. It will give you a little taste of how things are done. For advanced knotwork like you see on our art, you’ll need to get the books I previously mentioned from Ms. Samuel. You won’t be disappointed.

Burnt Offerings
Oh, yes, a very important part is the use of magnifiers. We are known for our extremes of detail and tiny art. While we do not intend for our work to be viewed with magnification, we find that when the work looks good in the magnifier, it looks great to the naked eye. Plus, there is that inescapable age and eyesight factor...


Optivisor magnifiers

The picture above is what we’re going to produce when all of this is done. It's the top rim for a basket similar to the basket at right.

Click Here to return to the
PREVIOUS PAGE

Celtic Basket, Maple rim with Waxed Irish Linen weavers.

Click Here to go to the NEXT PAGE

All contents copyrighted © 2002 | Tom Sterling

Tom Sterling PO Box 1621 Coupeville WA 98239

Last Updated: Monday June 21, 2010