and the central cobweb that hearkens back to the story of Robert the Bruce taking inspiration from a spider's perseverance while he was imprisoned

the egg that is the axis mundi

following its own logic

and the pharaoh and it represents the protection that they extend over their kingdoms

and surrounded with a lacework of vines in a henna earth color to delicately embroider the lower back

Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design eagle and the central cobweb thatAn amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab. The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and it was the special genius of the Celts to perfect the method of