[arbarnhart]

I am thinking of doing some Celtic knots or similar patterns on some parts of musical instruments like the tailpiece of a fiddle. They won't always be round or square. I don't know if you generally find patterns for that sort of thing or just try to learn the ins and outs (and overs and unders) of the general pattern and draw them up yourself.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

talk to Squbrigg...he has a terrific "monkeys fist!"

[Old_Gord]

Andy, rather than me try to describe anything, you might want to check this web site out, I'm sure something will be of some help to you. They have listed the various applications of celtic art and when each will be posted on the web site. Guess they don't want to overload their web site with all the drawing tutorials at one time.
http://www.aon-celtic.com/cknotwork.html

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OG

Originally Posted by arbarnhart

I am thinking of doing some Celtic knots or similar patterns on some parts of musical instruments like the tailpiece of a fiddle. They won't always be round or square. I don't know if you generally find patterns for that sort of thing or just try to learn the ins and outs (and overs and unders) of the general pattern and draw them up yourself.

[arbarnhart]

Gord,

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed. I figured there must be a system to it.

[woodcarver55555]

Thanks OLD GORD, I hadn't found that site. I was going to list a few books to look at, But the site might work better.

[Thomp]

i was going to say i had been downloading artwork from the newsgroups, i think they call it philligree, and whether or not its copyrited who knows. but there is a lot of keltic work up there.

[squbrigg]

Celtic knot work is always a tough one to draw out. Susan L. Irish has some great designs done on her site, I depend on hers for most of my use. There are lots of books on Celtic designs as well, by others, and of course the Book of Kells to go to the original source....there are illustrated books done on it.

There are also some great sites to learn from, www.aon-Celtic.com for example.

My monkey's fist carving is a nautical knot, great if you are making a fiddle for ship board use!!!

Bob

[DICK "chipncut" CAIN]

Thanks Gord,
I wish I knew about this site when I carved my wifes Claddagh. The hardest part of doing this, was drawing it. The lines get confusing. The carving part came easier. After it was completed, The British Carving Mag. had an article about it. You may have seen the project in my gallery.
Dick

[Thor]

I love carving Celtic knotwork. I've both drawn it out myself due to the design needing to fit into spaces where patterns just won't go, and I've used my computer to blow up little images I've found in books or other places.
The mistakes that I've made will always be there to remind me to be more careful in the future.
I am glad to see the new references here that I hadn't found before, and I will always recommend a book written by George Bain called "Celtic Art, the methods of construction" that is as in depth as any I have ever found both on construction, history and sources. It is published by Dover.
Thor

[arbarnhart]

To anyone else interested in this - if you haven't checked out the site Gord linked to, you really should. They have a PDF of the drawing paper they use that I printed out and then did the tutorial on the basics and little extensions to it. I was able to draw out a nice pattern to fit the tailpiece quite easily after that and I am not very good at pencil drawing. The tailpiece is a trapezoid wider at the top than at the bottom, so there was actually a tiny bit of complexity, but the instructions made it pretty simple.

Originally Posted by Old_Gord

Andy, rather than me try to describe anything, you might want to check this web site out, I'm sure something will be of some help to you. They have listed the various applications of celtic art and when each will be posted on the web site. Guess they don't want to overload their web site with all the drawing tutorials at one time.
http://www.aon-celtic.com/cknotwork.html

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OG