I created some simple decorative bars for my home pages, and I’ve collected them together on this page. Most of them are intended to be in the style of Celtic decorative art, using knots, spirals and key patterns. The adjacent thumbnail is a good example of the style I was copying. Click on it for more information, including an animation showing the knot being woven.

See also the Java applet I wrote for creating Celtic knots, the image from the Book of Kells, and my rendering of a wheel cross design.

The decorations below are all public domain, though I'd appreciate an acknowledgement if you use them.

keyPattern.gif ... (GIF 87a, 504 by 10 pixels, 465 bytes)

keyPattern2.gif ... (GIF 87a, 504 by 10 pixels, 430 bytes)

knot.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 675 bytes)

knot2.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 672 bytes)

ribbon.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 667 bytes)

spirals.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 653 bytes)

string.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 5 pixels, 260 bytes)

weave.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 509 bytes)

weave2.gif ... (GIF 89a, 504 by 10 pixels, 620 bytes)