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Jacket artwork: Micheal's Maze ( detail)
by Aidan Meehan

Celtic Design: Maze Patterns

by Aidan Meehan

Thames and Hudson, London 1993
160 pp, 200 illustrations
ISBN 0-500-27747-8

Maze patterns are an ancient class of straight-line spiral ornament which Celtic artists developed with unequalled virtuosity. These patterns can be drawn freehand according to the technique of the scribes, here clearly illustrated with plenty of examples. The beauty and simplicity of these designs make them an ideal introduction to Celtic art, providing delightful doodles that everyone can produce for themselves. This book details the secrets of how to draw these apparently most complex Celtic patterns with ease.
The name ...(key pattern)...is inaccurate
... Calling it maze pattern gives a clearer
idea, distinguishes it from other...meanders, frets or puzzles.

- from the Introduction





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