Well, I'm not going to mention you-know-what in this post, because if you're anything like me you'll have had quite enough news of it in the past few days, so I'll try to change the subject a little bit,
In past postings I've mentioned that I live in the middle of an area where Pictish and Celtic art is common (for example, see the posting of February 28, 2019). You can find beautiful carved stones in churchyards and farmyards and even just lying by the roadside, and it's probably inevitable that I've become fascinated with the images you can find there.
Recently I put together a collection of some classic Pictish designs, and arranged them as if they were all carved on a great stone, the way many Pictish designs are
A Pictish stone as it might be
This is a BIG design, as you can see. I digitised it for the 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 (160 x 260 mm) hoop, which is the largest I could do on my old software. But this isn't nearly large enough for such a big and complicated design – some of the designs look a bit squashed, as if they've been crammed into too small a space. So I will have to see how large I can make the design with my new digitising software, and maybe even think of splitting it up into several large sections, which can be stitched separately and then pieced together. But this is a big job, so it will have to wait
Hi Mia, This is spectacular!! Pictish and Celtci art is has both a realistic and fantasy aspect, which gives it a universal appeal.
Oh, wow!!!! I do so LOVE this. Great composition, and great designs. I love the way it all works together.
This one is going to be great! The bottom center boar (?) really caught my eye, but the whole composition is very strong.