Aidan Meehan Explained

Aidan Meehan
Known For:	Celtic Art
Notable Works:	Celtic Design Series
Style:	Celtic

Aidan Meehan is an Irish artist and author of 18 books on Celtic art and design.^{[1] [2]} including the eight-volume Celtic Design series and Celtic Alphabets, Celtic Borders, The Book of Kells Painting Book, The Lindisfarne Painting Book and Celtic Knots, all published by Thames & Hudson

Career

In 1974 Meehan discovered the triple grid format for creating Knotwork.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

• Celtic Design: Knotwork: The Secret Method of the Scribes by Aidan Meehan published 1991^[5]
• Celtic Design: A Beginner's Manual by Aidan Meehan published 1991
• Celtic Design: Animal Patterns by Aidan Meehan published 1992
• Celtic Design: Illuminated Letters by Aidan Meehan published 1992
• Celtic Design: Spiral Patterns by Aidan Meehan published 1993^[6]
• Celtic Design: Maze Patterns by Aidan Meehan published 1993^{[7] [8]}
• Celtic Design: The Tree of Life by Aidan Meehan published 1995
• Celtic Design: The Dragon and the Griffin: The Viking Impact by Aidan Meehan published 1995^[9]
• Celtic Patterns for Painting and Crafts by Aidan Meehan 1997
• Celtic Alphabets by Aidan Meehan published 1998
• Celtic Borders by Aidan Meehan Published 1999
• The Book of Kells Painting Book by Aidan Meehan published 1999
• The Lindisfarne Painting Book by Aidan Meehan 2000
• Celtic Knots: Mastering the Traditional Patterns by Aidan Meehan published 2003
• The Treasury of Celtic Knots by Aidan Meehan 2005
• The Celtic Design Book by Aidan Meehan published 2007

See also

• Celtic knot
• Labyrinth
• Celtic maze
• Endless knot
• Book of Kells

External links

• Aidan Meehan on Goodreads

Notes and References

1. Book: Parergon. 1997. Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 15. 280.
2. Book: Colum Hourihane. From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early Christian to the Late Gothic Period and Its European Context. 2001. Princeton University Press. 0-691-08825-X. 196–.
3. Book: Paulus Gerdes. Paulus Gerdes. Lunda Geometry: Mirror Curves, Designs, Knots, Polyominoes, Patterns, Symmetries. 26 June 2008. Lulu.com. 978-1-4357-2629-1. 161–.
4. Book: Karen Tiede. Knitting Fabric Rugs: 28 Colorful Designs for Crafters of Every Level. 8 August 2015. Storey Publishing, LLC. 978-1-61212-449-0. 148–.
5. Book: Lindsey Philpott. The Ultimate Book of Decorative Knots. 13 December 2013. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. 978-1-62873-415-7. 35–.
6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768621872 "Spiral patterns : Celtic design"
7. Book: Shelley Saguaro. Garden Plots: The Politics and Poetics of Gardens. 2006. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-0-7546-3753-0. 114–.
8. Book: Marta Dvorak. Manina Jones. Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary. 19 April 2007. MQUP. 978-0-7735-7739-8. 179–.
9. Book: Mechanisms of Exchange: Transmission in Medieval Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean, ca. 1000-1500. 2 May 2013. BRILL. 978-90-04-25034-5. 26–.