Long before the Christian religion came to Ireland the symbol of the Trinity was a powerful part of the native Irish religions. This symbol is timeless, and represents many facets of our tripartite existence.
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Trinity Knot Celtic Tattoo Design
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Remembrance Band Celtic Tattoo Design
The Celtic knot pattern of a favorite brooch of a beloved is here made into a band to circle the arm, or can stand alone as a knot.
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Celtic Bee Armband Tattoo
A complex traditional Celtic band from the margin of an illuminated manuscript, opened up to include a honeybee in a honeycomb cell.
Bee Band
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Clan Buckler Half Sleeve Celtic Tattoo Design
The Scottish Clans each have a buckler, call it the "family crest" of the entire clan. This man wanted the top half of his arm to be covered in one integrated knotwork that would frame and expand out from his Clan Buckler. The circle of knots flows around the buckler, then unites with a band that continues around under the arm for a fine complete statement. The pattern will come without his stag and family motto, so that the purchaser can add their own significant symbols and phrase.
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Celtic AA Alcoholics Anonymous Symbol Tattoo Design
This Celtic AA symbol was a special request by a woman with 25 years sobriety and links her genetic predisposition to the "Irish Flu" with her pride in conquering it.
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Living Jewels GoldFish Tattoo Design
It has taken centuries of selective breeding to bring the carp into the magnificent specimens we now enjoy in our aquariums. What a gift from the ages!
Goldfish tattoo
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Twin Dragons Celtic Tattoo Design
Welsh style dragons are interwoven in a knotwork that represents two lives joined together forever, linked also in a triscle below representing brotherhood.
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Tribal Flyer Dragon Tattoo Design
A tribal European style dragon united with the Celtic family knot, to represent the guardian spirit.
Tribal Dragon Tattoo
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Meigle Mermaid Pictish Tattoo Design
The original of this charming mermaid is on The Maid of Meigle Pictish Stone, carved within the 3rd-6th centuries, now in the Meigle Museum in Perthshire, Scotland. She features a classic Melusine split tail and holds her twined hair.
Mermaid of Meigle
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Pictish Snake Tattoo Design
A bold 6th c Pictish snake and z-rod taken from the Brandsbutt stone found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Brandsbutt Stone Snake
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Pictish Keymorphic Geometric Tattoo Design
A unique form of Pictish design found on the carved stones in Scotland is the Key Pattern. This intricate sleeve tattoo pattern is designed by replicating a small section of the carvings on the Maiden Stone, a 9th century Pictish Standing stone in Aberdeenshire. The key pattern was then morphed (hence keymorphic) to spiral around the arm. A tribal pattern from an ancient Northern European Tribe, the wild and heavily tattooed Picts.
Key pattern forearm sleeve
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Fortress Cross Celtic Tattoo Design
The Latin inscription inside this powerful cross reads TURRIS FORTIS MIHI DEUS, which translates as "God is my Strong Tower" or "A Mighty Fortress is my Lord." The motto of the Kelly family.
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Swallowtail and Fuchsia Tattoo Design
A lovely bright swallowtail butterfly bracketed with a deco stylized set of fuchsia-like flowers. An especially complementary shape for the lower back.
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Dendrobates Tinctorius Frog Tattoo Design
Most dazzling of the poison arrow dart frogs, Dendrobates Tinctorius is found in many color forms. It is a native of Guiana, Surinam and Brazil, where it lives in the low land rain forest and is mainly a ground dweller. This one is poised to look as though it is clinging to the skin.
Poison arrow dart frog tattoo
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Alpha And Omega Cross Celtic Knotwork Tattoo Design
This special custom cross includes the Alpha And Omega symbols in the arms of the cross, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet referenced by Christ in Revelations 1:8. At the top of the cross is the Chi-Ro symbol, a Christogram, superimposing the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ. And in the center is the IHS, another Christogram abbreviation of the Greek name for Jesus. If someone wanted to change this into a dedication cross these symbols could be replaced with the family initial in the center and three children's or family members' initials in the arms.
Celtic Cross tattoo backpiece
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Celtic Harp with Shamrocks and Bog Rosemary
A Celtic harp embellished with shamrocks and a sprig of bog rosemary is the eternal symbol of the performing arts in Ireland.
Celtic Harp tattoo design
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Mirrored Kells Lions Tattoo Design
Two lions from the ancient Irish manuscript the Book of Kells page 29r are tangled together in a close embrace.
Celtic Lions tattoo
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Epona the Horse Goddess Celtic Tattoo Design
In the ancient traditions Epona the white horse Goddess represented the spirit of the land, and the force with which the High King was united in rule. This intricate triple-horse knotwork is taken from a stone carving in Scotland.
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Celtic Knot Rope Band Tattoo Design
A classic intricate Celtic knot band detailed to look as if it is made of rope. Melding the cowboy and sailor tradition with the ancient ethnic of the illuminated manuscripts.
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Celtic Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge Tattoo Design
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge is the only occupational badge awarded in all four services under the United States Department of Defense. By special commission, this Celtic version incorporates Celtic knotwork as the wreaths of victory and outline of the central element, and surrounding the second star denoting the Master rank. This version for a K9 EOD officer has Celtic dogs as the terminal ends of the wreaths.
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