Free Clip Art - Celtic Knotwork Designs M ost of the designs in this collection are Celtic knotwork, or Celtic interlace, patterns. Interlace is one of the most identifiable aspects of Celtic art although it's a relatively late addition to the repertoire of the Celts.
Celtic art embodies a very well-developed use of form.
This is especially evident in the curved and sweeping shapes Celtic craftsmen delighted in creating - sometimes abstract, sometimes stylized from plant or animal forms. Interlace was used by the Coptic communities in North Africa, though it was never developed there so well as it did in the British Isles. A nother influence, less well understood, is is that of the Picts in what is now Scotland and northern England. Their stone monuments are among the most excellent examples, both in design and craftsmanship, of interlace and animal ornament. While the period references for a study of the Picts are inconclusiveone can still hope that we'll know more about them one day.