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Published: 2006-12-27 23:32:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 7475; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 130
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... otherwise known as the Knotwork From Hell because of the vast amount of time and energy this has taken to design and paint!**FULLVIEW PLEASE**
Details of the knotwork I've posted [link]
Interesting points ... this is the biggest watercolour painting I've ever done and the first time I've used watercolour for knotwork purposes. Was fun.
The writing says "Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago? Hwær cwom symbla gesetu?" or "Where is the horse gone? Where the rider? Where are the seats at the feast?". These lines are from the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Wanderer", which Tolkien adapted into his "Where is the horse and the rider?" poem.
Original is 38 x 50cm. And nicer than the scan, as always.
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Sweet sweet detail!
And I think you did excellently with the design for the horses
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Oh my gosh... this certainly looks like it took forever to plan out! Is this completely your own work, from your imagination? Everything fits together so perfectly. Beautiful job, and kudos on the time spent on all those knots. 
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for ever and ever! It's completely my own work, though I did reference George Bain's knotwork book to look at how riders were depicted in Celtic stonework - I do like to try and keep as much sense of historical knotwork as possible.
And believe me, maths and rulers are *not* my strong point either! I try and use them as little as possible, and knotwork is certainly possible if you can just draw squares on a piece of paper 
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Very impressive. 
Great job. 
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thank you for saying that! I really feel the same, there are so many beautiful *beautiful* digitally made knotwork / calligraphy pieces out there, but I just can't appreciate them in the same way as a piece created by hand and with little twiddles and smudges in. Sometimes I think things can be too perfect, in a strange way.
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Absolutely. I agree. Sometimes artwork can be too perfect.
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Wow, that's a little creepy... I was just thinking of that poem the other day, for the first time in years.
This is truly beautiful work, and I bow to your knotwork-amazingness. *grovels* Not that beautiful work is exceptional for you... more like the rule! But this really stands out to me. Can't help faving it!
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ahh Rohan! beautiful work! amazed by the precision!
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very, very impressive!! I love the colours, they really match well. Did you designed this yourself?
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Like it a lot. So well planned. It was well worth your effort!
~Cindy
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Wow! Excellent! And I like how each horse and rider is a bit different.
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Oh my life!!
Actually, when I read the title, I could just imagine you going, "Where did that elbow go? I knew I had that knee somewhere! Where is the horse gone? Where the rider?"
It's awesome, Becky!
Happy New Year! ^^
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That's exactly what happened!! I have never been so frustrated with legs and hooves!!
I just had to show it off
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Oh wow... i can so appreciate the time spent here, wonderful piece & so worth the time
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Very damn impressive, and I know you must have put so many blood sweat and tears into. It pays off!
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This knocks me over! O___O I'm speechless. All I can do is gape. It's beautiful.
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OK my mind is trying to imagine the work that went into this, and it boggles. (and I do Celtic Knots).
Really, this is very impressive.
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very good tesselation! kinda like escher on a celtic high. fav fav!
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I can only imagine the rediculous amount of hours it would take to do this. All your lines are very even; I'm impressed. It's a very complex design. I don't know if I would have picked purple for the horses, but it's amazing, non the less.
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Thank you
They ain't purple really, much more like grey
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The grey appears purple because of the proximity to the green background, I'd say.
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and because all greys I ever mix end up having a purple tinge! I was very good, I did mix the grey rather than just using grey. Actually, I still don't have a grey pan in my watercolour set - it makes me pay more attention to mixing colours
And yes, you're right of course!
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you are a masochist, but we love it
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Thank you
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Wow, that's impressive
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Wheee! It's done!!!!!! It looks terrific really!
It was definetely worth all the efforts!
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i had the OE poem on my syllabus this year, had a lot of fun trying to read it out loud. and this, this is beautiful, i wish i had this on my wall. and i'm awed by the amount of patience and precision it required.
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-Interesting... And all this aAnglo-saxon lines are great!
-We very like this watercolours... uhummm... veeery!
PS... Hmmm... This pattern would be a great carpet one day!
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