Staff of Life Hoodie
We don't live on the earth, we live with her, and she with us. This truth was a part of the daily lives of ancient Celts, and still is among those of us whose souls resonate with the continuing energy of creation pulsing all around us.
In this design, inspired by an ancient cross pattern found at Durrow, a wheat motif intersects at the center with an unbroken line plaited into four opposing knots, each straining toward one of the cardinal points. The border is a key pattern that is sometimes obvious and sometimes hidden - much like the patterns that define and embellish our lives. |
Birds a Plenty (Cardinal) Crewneck
Going to a public school in upper New York State I thought the Pilgrims had invented the Horn of Plenty. Little did I know the overflowing basket is a fairly universal symbol of good harvest and bounty. In this design, placed at the celebration of Samhain (what we now call Halloween), the bird represents freedom from worldly concern. The horn, open end up, holds a wealth of blessings. Were it to be pictured upside down, it would presage lean times and even disaster. But this bird brings good news. Our wish for you: may all your horns be full, all your harvests bountiful and your heart ever filled with gratitude for those blessings. And in that frame of mind, you might even become a blessing to someone else. It could happen.
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Kells Cross (Chocolate Brown) Hoodie
Spirals and key work dominate this cross inspired by the famous Book of Kells. Into the Book of Kells Irish monks meticulously copied the Gospels and illuminated the pages with paintings of the four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Intertwined knot work, like shown in the center and on the circle surrounding the cross, were recurring graphic motifs in the Irish Gospels and throughout Irish art. These knots represent the concepts of unity, strenght and cohesion, and the cyclical nature of existence in which the end and beginning are sometimes indistinguishable – in which each tiny turn is part of a greater pattern.
This design is printed in rich cream on a dark chocolate hoodie – as warm and comfortable as a cup of hot cocoa with whipped cream and a shot of Green Bush in it. |
What Knot (Black) Hoodie
Irish art is riddled (!) with drawings and doodles of animals biting each other and men pulling one another’s beards. In this design I’ve put the two fellows together, but not in conflict. As a matter of fact, each is stroking his own beard, in a thoughtful sort of way, trying to come up with the best thing to say – not the first to come to mind. My two fellows are perched above a common cup – emphasizing the communion they share. In Proverbs, Solomon offers this - as iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens a man. Old words and still true. And, assuming you’re not content to be dull and grow duller, who has sharpened you today, and who are you sharpening? Slainte, drink deeply. |
