The La Tene culture, predating the Celts, possessed a distinctive artistic style characterized by intricate spiral forms and graceful sinuous lines. This exquisite anklet/armband draws inspiration from patterns discovered on an ancient bronze mirror unearthed in the burial site of a priestess.
Pictish Tattoo with Key Pattern 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 6th century Pictish Standing stone in Aberdeenshire. The key pattern was then morphed into a keymorphic to spiral around the arm. A tribal pattern from an ancient Northern European Tribe, the wild and heavily tattooed Picts.
MerPony Celtic Horse Tattoo Design
The mythology of the horses of the sea runs deep in Irish tales. Where once they ran away with mortals to the land of eternal youth, now they run away with our imaginations. This one is based on an ancient carving.
Odin Tattoo wth Triple Horn Viking Design
This stylized emblem of the Norse God Odin consists of three interlocked drinking horns. The horns figure in the mythological stories of Odin, and are recalled in traditional Viking toasting rituals.
