How to draw Celtic knots

Table of Contents

I published an article in French on the subject in the magazine Pour la Science, special edition April 1997 on the Science of Knots, available as an on line version.
You can download an example from the article containing an illumination (200KB jpg) and calligraphy by Chantal Fachinetti.
I also created a web site in French describing the method, and that remains the official site. This version in English is for those not fluent in French!
Steve Abbott helped translate this site from the French and has also written a computer program that implements this method; you can find it at Steve Abbott's Computer Drawn Celtic Knotwork.
First-time readers are advised to skip the Introduction and go straight to the Design section

Introduction

A litle theory

Interlacings

Reidemeister movements

Graphs

Movements

Design

Introduction

The method

Cosmetics

Walls

Création

Introduction

The Grid

The two methods

Towards the exterior

Encapsulation

Towards the interior

Animals, people, entanglements

Semi-encapsulation

Exercises

Bibliography

Christian Mercat