Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design fern Like our mortal lives

Like our mortal lives

incorporating the Scottish key patterns found in Pictish carved stones with the knotwork patterns found in traditional high crosses

one life lived in service and courage

A Celtic triangle in the center anchors this light and feminine design of flowers and leaves that flows gracefully across a woman's lower back

Any significant symbol can be placed within

Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design fern Like our mortal livesAn amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab. The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and it was the special genius of the Celts to perfect the method of