Aidan Meehan


The Tree of Life is one of the most popular and enduring motifs of Celtic art, found both on Celtic and Northumbrian crosses and on illuminated manuscripts.

Portrayed variously as the Golden Bough, a vine, or as mistletoe, the Celtic tree typically springs from a container representing the womb of nature and branches into spiralling cornucopias, showing life's abundance.

The author explores the richness of the Tree's symbolism, demonstrating how the patterns are formed and giving detailed practical advice on how they can be re-created and adapted by today's artists and designers.



ISBN 050027827x