The beautiful and versatile treasury of over 100 designs will prove an invaluable source of inspiration to everyone with an interest in the celtic heritage, not least to artists and designers both amateur and professional.
The richness and energy of Viking design is indisputably equal to that of Celtic design and can be seen in the surviving metalwork, woodwork, textiles, stone and bone carvings, and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark and Sweden as well as the western lands they colonised : Iceland, Northern Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland.
Courtney Davis works within the best traditions of ancient celtic style to produce his own unique illusrations and designs. A Treasury of Viking Designs brings together a wealth of full-page and half-page rectangles, key patterns, spirals, motifs, borders and corners, all rendered with axquisite finesse.
Based in the west country of Britain, he is the creator and compiler of numerous best-selling titles in celtic art and design and design, including The Celtic Iron-on Transfer Book, Celtic Designs and Motifs, The Celtic Stained Glass Book and Celtic Illumination.
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