Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction

This book is a must for anyone interested in Celtic Art. It is not an easy book to learn the art from so if possible I would also get a book called Celtic Knotwork by the authors son. But do get this book because it has so much detail in it and explains the history of the work.

THis book is the most helpfull i ever seen. You buy this, and you need no other book to draw celtic knots.
You start with no knowledge and you really can make extraordinery things after a feel training. Its really works.
I strongly recommend.

This book was just what I needed. It has lots of ideas and how to make them.

Acknowledging the complexities of this book's approach to Celtic Knotwork, Iain Bain, George Bain's son, has published a much more approachable introduction in his Celtic Knotwork, Constable, London 1986. It was reprinted last in 1992 but is unfortunately out of print. Used copies are available and I would stongly recommend Iain Bain's book as a most helpful place to begin. The senior Bain's book is however an informative reference, a far cry above the usual "picture book for colouring" approach.

How Bain has managed to come up with this method is beyond me, but God bless him for it! I have used his methods for creating cross stitch patterns, a complicated matter but well worth the results.