Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design hopi Once embroidered on the robe

Once embroidered on the robe of a King

A truly ambitious Celtic cross tattoo for proud display

made into jewelry by linking in an endless Celtic knotwork chain

the first letter of Greek for "Jesus"

A brilliant tattoo

Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design hopi Once embroidered on the robeAn amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab. The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and it was the special genius of the Celts to perfect the method of