Celtic and Old Norse Designs: 53 Complete Fonts

Whilst only a pretty slim book of some 44 pages, I’m really pleased with it.I’ve enclosed some pics of a few pages, the designs have been reproduced from actual works, whether they’re taken from the Book of Kells, sword hilts, or stone crosses, each design is lettered & a description of their origin is written underneath. I found this fascinating, it’s nice to know where the examples in the book originate from, so if you were interested in a particular design, you could always look up more pieces of a similar ilk online, to broaden your appreciation & knowledge.As a reference book, this is a great place to begin your understanding of both Celtic & Norse designs; so you can derive inspiration & create your own designs afterwards, or use the designs in the book as they are, the only caveat is you’re not allowed to reproduce them in another book, & are limited to using ten designs per project, I think that’s both fair & reasonable.As another reviewer has stated, some of the designs are quite large, filling an entire page in some cases, so they may not be as immediately useful as is, but scanning the images & resizing them to your individual needs will soon address that problem.I’m looking forward to using some of the designs in my polymer clay work, wood carving, & jewellery making as I’ve always been drawn to Celtic & Norse designs, I’m thrilled with this book, it’s very simple, but it’s nice to have a collection of perfectly useable designs in one volume, I think it’s excellent value & would encourage me to explore some of the publisher’s other titles now I know what to expect.

I had no concerns with regard to the seller. The order arrived swiftly and in good condition. However, I was dissapointed with the content of this book and found the designs quite masculine and boring for my purposes of design reference to include in painting and needlework. If Ihad been able to see a sample of content prior to purchase I wouldn't have bought it as not suitable for my purpose.

VERY PLEASED WITH MY PURCHASE. MY HUSBAND LOVES DRAWING AND LIKES THIS BOOK OF DESIGNS

I bought the book so l could get some ideas for my photography hobby. I have found it very useful as the designs are very clear and say to adapt.

Christmas present that was very well recieved.The artist was delighted, and said it would be very helpful for her ethnic design creations.A bit basic when considering the wealth of art available from this period.

Grt book

Present for my granddaughter she said it was great

excellent for design ideas, the best I've seen

Value

My partner has just taken up wood burning and this book fits the bill for clear designs to undertake. I can also use it to produce cross stitch patterns.

Arrived quickly and in good order. Slightly disappointed that the patterns inside the book are all in black and white, I expected colour as on the cover.

Great little book

a valuable tool in the creation of one's own Celtic designs - good value

Great reference book! I like that this tells you where those designs are found too.

really pleased with this book, I do have another by this author which I love so I was fairly sure I would love this book too and I do.