Celebrating the coming of Spring with the St. Brigid's Flower Cross

Jan 25, 2022

Discover the St. Brigid's Flower Cross—a stunning new Celtic design inspired by the Anemone coronaria that bloomed near St. Brigid's Church in County Kildare. Learn the flower's origins, St. Brigid's patronage of metalworking, and how our designer Lindsey created this unique cross to celebrate Imbolc. Continue reading

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Celtic and Pictish Key Patterns; the other kind of Celtic design

Nov 05, 2020

The Picts were a medieval society that inhabited northeast Scotland in the 3rd to 10th centuries. Their mysterious history has been difficult for scholars to understand due to a lack of surviving written records, but the Picts have left an enormous record carved in stone. The style of their monuments puts them firmly in the greater Celtic culture, showing artistic themes closely kin to the sculpture, metalwork, and manuscript art of the contemporary Irish. Continue reading

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Handcrafting the Ardagh Pectoral Celtic Cross

Aug 11, 2013

The Ardagh Pectoral Cross in sterling silver is an original design by Stephen Walker inspired by Irish and Scottish traditions, featuring knotwork, spirals, trinity, and dove symbols. Continue reading

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