help to find celtic designed matierals etc.

Whistle
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Hi all,
I need help in finding a store to purchase Celtic designs printed on material etc. OR
Where in the U.S. is a great place to buy
Irish/Celtic ware over the Internet?
(Its a little off-topic but for a Whistle
Player who wants to re-decorate, I figure this is the best place to ask)
Lolly

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I can’t offer a specific website (or store), because there are a ton of 'em! Earlier this year I built a knock-down whistle stand (for gigs) and wanted to find some simple Celtic designs to decorate the pieces.

Just type “Celtic art” or “Celtic designs” in a search engine and you’ll hit the jackpot.

Tom Gallagher
aka fiddling_tenor
fiddlingtenor@usa.com
“If schools had glass walls, the kids could watch the fire engine go by without having to stand up.”

[ This Message was edited by: fiddling_tenor on 2001-11-28 09:42 ]

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Lolly,
If your looking for a book that teaches the methods of design …
There’s a book called Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction. by George Bain. I used this to learn to design knotwork designs. It has a slew of examples including Knots, spirals, key designs, animorphs, and alphabets.

You can also find a lot of books by searching at Amazon.com searching for ‘celtic art’ or ‘celtic design’.

If your look for just clip art samples, doing a search on Celtic clip art at your favorite search engine should give you a good start.

I found the book mentioned above the most helpfull because it made it easy to layout designs to fit the area I had (like on a guitar strap). By understanding how to build a knotwork border I could then design to maximize the effect for the medium and materials I had planed to use.

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No, I am looking for MATERIAL with Celtic
designs on them to use as drapes and bed
spread, but I all find are the things you have all mentioned.
Maybe if I ever get a chance to go to a really LARGE Renaisance fair a vendor
will carry these; but I was hoping the Internet would have a better choice.
lolly

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Lolly,
You might try metaphysical shops. Many of the ones here in Denver carry wall hangings, large sheets of fabric and and posters and such with celtic designs on them. A few even have celtic iron on transfers so you can put them on any fabric you like.