Lugh's Ring by MGD
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Description
This is a hair clip about 1 inch in diameter and is made by St. Justin. As with all examples of Celtic interweaving and also known as Insular style, the piece resembles a knot ... but cannot be untied. This decorative style originated in Irish monasteries in the 600's ... and was the dominant decorative style for about 200 years.
The original image was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4300 with incandesant light. A Bogen tripod with pan head plus a Velbon Super Mag Slider completed the macro setup. The original background was removed in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (with an annoying amount of effort!)
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Comments (4)
verlughmina
This is beautiful. I like the lighting and I really enjoy the detail and the clash of 'rough meets smooth' here. (and i like the name. wink.) GREAT JOB
Garlor
Check out the work of the late Gordon Bain, he was responsible for the revival of decorative knotwork.
CarolSassy
Very beautiful! I bet it's heavy. Thanks for the peek! (:
MGD
Not very heavy ... maybe only 1 oz.