The Simple Art of Celtic Calligraphy: 20 Step-by-step Projects and Essential Techniques

Celtic calligraphy is an easily recognizable style that epitomizes the ideal of Celtic craftsmanship, from intricate knotwork to animals snaking into the loops of illuminated letters to a script carved in wood or etched on stone. With the help of this guide, you can learn to write the key Celtic scripts and create items to treasure. Fiona Graham-Flynn presents 18 calligraphy projects that are great for beginners and improvers alike. Start with a name plaque for a child's room; create greeting cards with a Celtic blessing; or paint some fairy wishing stones in gold for your garden. All the techniques you need are included--Uncial, Half-uncial, and Runic scripts--along with how to draw zoomorphics, or the animal ornamentation often seen in illuminated letters. *Learn the major scripts and techniques essential to Celtic style. *Includes 18 step-by-step projects using calligraphy on paper, wood, and stone, along with a gallery of templates. *Offers proverbs and lines of petry in Gaelic to use as the basis for projects.

Fiona Graham-Flynn has been a calligrapher and illuminator for 28 years and a teacher of calligraphy for the past 14 years. She specializes in the Celtic Uncial and Irish Half-uncial, pigment colors, and vellum. This is her first book for CICO.