Creating Celtic Knotwork Review & GIVEAWAY

Want to learn the art of Celtic knotwork? Get started right away with Creating Celtic Knotwork: A Fresh Approach to Traditional Design by Cari Buziak. It's an in-depth Celtic knotwork instruction book with drawing tutorials. You only need a pencil, eraser, ruler and dot paper. The author makes dot paper from graph paper and uses it as a template for drawing knots. She includes both regular and spiral dot paper templates for photocopying. Or you can make your own. The dot paper helps with the ease and consistency of building Celtic knots. It's ideal for practice. I know nothing about Celtic knotwork though I admire and am curious about it. I gather my supplies and sit down with the book open to page 2 where the author jumps right into the tutorials. I take my time. Between the text and the drawings I work it out - draw, connect, erase - repeat. Continue the exercises at your own pace. The topics covered are shown below in the Contents. You will also find inspirational artwork, information on the art's meaning and history, practical aspects and encouragement to experiment with your own knotwork. This 128 page paperback was released January 16, 2018 from Dover Publications. Get your copy below!

CONTENTS

The Basics

GETTING READY

BASIC CELTIC KNOTWORK

MODIFYING THE BASIC KNOT

KNOTTING VARIATIONS

EXERCISES

THE TREE FOIL KNOT

Borders & Corners

BORDERS

CORNERS

KNOTTING IN A RING

Crosses

THE CELTIC CROSS

THE RINGED CROSS

Spirals

DOUBLE SPIRALS

TRIPLE SPIRALS 

JOINING SPIRALS

Maze & Step Patterns

MAZE PATTERNS

STEP PATTERNS

Zoomorphics

SNAKES AND DRAGONS

Snake to dragon transformation

Turning a knot into a dragon

CELTIC ANIMALS

The Celtic Hound

The Celtic Lion

The Celtic Bird

CELTIC PEOPLE

Celtic Man

Celtic Woman

Hairstyles & Beards

VINE & CHALICE

Techniques & Materials

TRANSFERRING A DESIGN

PEN & INK

ACRYLICS

WATERCOLORS

PAPER

Biography

Dot Paper

Dot Paper: ring style

 A dot paper square.

Nouvueau Tulips by C Buziak © page 15.

Creating Celtic Knotwork is available worldwide at Dover Publications. Dover, Great Books, Variety & Value Since 1941. Check out their catalog at Dover Publications. Dover has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until April 26, 2018. Canada & USA. Good luck!

Spiral Cross by C Buziak © page 47.

Back cover of my copy of book.

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