Cats Tattoo with Flaming Celtic Sword Design england Filling the entire upper arm

Filling the entire upper arm and stretching onto the shoulder

A redrawing of the Claddagh pattern to have the knotwork open up to form the bell of the sleeves

Inspired by an ancient Viking shield in a Danish museum

Originally designed by Ruth Black

The arch of knotwork on the front of the arm continues to a band around the arm to connect seamlessly to the other side

Cats Tattoo with Flaming Celtic Sword Design england Filling the entire upper armA Celtic sword flanked with a pair of cats representing the duality of experience, the benign and the fierce. With the quality of a family crest, a sword cutting through chaos is here united with a triquetra from which flames are rising and creating light and clarity.