What I got was a 70 page "book" that looks more like a pamphlet, with about 15 pages total of designs....most of them very common that I've already seen and could have gotten off a cheap internet site.

Not to mention that they are all very small, in black and white, and not clear detail.

There is some useful information on how to draw your own knotwork, which I might use...but I'm going to have to buy another book to get what I want. I should have spent my money elsewhere, and you should too.


Don't be disappointed   December 28, 2003
 29 out of 30 found this review helpful

This was written as the 3,000 word booklet to accompany the Celtic Tattoo Gift Pack, and as such wasn't aimed at serious tattooists. The aim was to give an idea of the 'look and feel' of celtic art, though trying to do that without any colour seems to miss most of the beauty. The lack of colour or even any celtic art on the cover should be a giveaway.
If the idea of celtic tattoo transfers interests you have a look at the Celtic Tattoo Pack here at amazon.
If you're a serious tattoo artist buy George Bain's 'Celtic Art', the classic bible on the subject and explore the web for the modern variations.
I was given 3 weeks to write and draw this booklet and don't get royalties, so can honestly say that you can do better than this - I did.


Unfortunate Purchase...   September 19, 2006
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I am in the process of going to a Celtic tattoo specialist @ Lucky Fish Tattoo in Santa Barbara, CA. I have 1 celtic tattoo, 10 total tattoos and in a month will have a custom celtic tattoo done. I have been waiting to get this book for a bazillion months and when I finally did I found it to be the biggest waste of time. I never imagined with the great subject matter that a book could be more insignifigant. The designs lack uniqueness in the book, there are few, and they also lack the detail of the meaning. This book trys to take the beautiful and amazing art of tattooing celtic design and verbalize it and use black and white pictures. Wasted $$ and time.


So so   May 14, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love celtic tattoos, and I was expecting a book written on the celtic tattoos you find on the people this days. On the other hand, it talks about the tattoos the Kells made on themselves, and not really in a historical way, but in a estetical way (how they look, and what were the variations of their tattoos a thousand years ago). Honestly, it's good paper, but not much printed on it, and the best tattoo you'll see on the book is on the front page.


A most insignificant little booklet.   February 16, 2008

It is an overstatement to even call this a book,as it is more appropriately described as a little booklet. It is small at 5" X 7 1/2" and only 72 pages.To be fair, and review it on the basis of what it is;it would serve to give a very brief idea of how and why the Celts developed the art of Celtic Tattoos,extremely brief comments on applying them and extremely basic instructions on drawing the simplest form of designs. It does give an elementry idea of various types of Celtic art.If that is all you are looking for,you might be satisfied ;but you will find much better at little difference in cost. To anyone starting to study Celtic art for any purpose,the author mentions George Bain's book "Celtic Art-Methods of Construction".This is certainly one of,if not ,the best around.
I must also give credit to the author Andy Sloss,for the review he wrote on his book on December 27,2003. I agree totally with what he says;and suggest one read it ,if you are interested in this little booklet.