A knot motif is historically used in Celtic wedding rings design to symbolize the intertwining of two lives in matrimony. If you and your partner are considering using a design of Celtic origin to symbolize your union, you might want to know where the design comes from. The word Celts is used to identify a group of peoples united by their use of a set of related languages of Indo-European origin.
The modern Celtic nations are Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. The Celtic Diaspora can be found in all English speaking nations of the world. Among outsiders, Celtic art and traditions are often mistaken for the closely related Gaelic traditions of the Irish people. It was long thought that the use of a related language indicated that the Celtic nations were the product of a common ancestor but recent DNA studies have indicated this is not the case.
In the 18th century British colonialism was spreading the English language and culture around the world. Artists and philosophers in the Celtic nations, long conquered by England, initiated what came to be known as the Celtic Art Revival to assert a tribal identity that was distinct from the culture of the Anglo-Saxon British.
Celtic art is primarily ornamental, making it well suited to jewelry. In this it has more in common with Arabic art than with the representational art of the classical tradition. Unlike Arabic art, however, Celtic art avoids straight lines and employs symmetry only sparingly.
A recurrent theme in Celtic art is the knot, and it is around this symbol that most Celtic wedding rings are designed. There are a variety of Celtic knots.The symbolism of the knot includes bonding or joining and this makes it ideal for use in wedding band design.
There are some beautiful three dimensional Celtic wedding rings available. These designs do not have the traditional flat band with solid, even edges. The band is formed by the loops of the featured knot pattern, with open spaces captured within the design. A variation on this is two solid ring edges serving as a frame for a graceful flow of rope-like metal capturing open space within the design.
Common patterns used in Celtic wedding bands are the Infinity Motif (a two strand braid), the Trinity Knot (three interlocked petal-shapes, commonly found in Catholic Churches and similar to the universal sign representation for nuclear), the Celtic Knot, the Celtic Circle, the Newgrange Spiral, the Celtic Spiral and the Celtic Heart. The number of possible combination of these designs is extremely large. When we add the ingenuity of modern artisans in edging styles and gem insets, Celtic wedding rings for every taste are available.
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