This is a picture of the celtic knot design I drew on top of a seven sided drum. It is seven dragons all linked at the tail.
In case you are curious, I also made the drum itself. It is elk hide tied with sinew, stretched on a handmade seven sided cedar round. The design is hand drawn with black india ink, so its fairly durable. With heavy use the drawing does show a few scratches here and there, so I just re-ink it and its good as new.
I'm not native american, but I have friends that are Ojibwe and they taught me how. This is my personal drum that I use from time to time in drumming circles.
Fantastic! I love the design, it is beautiful! And it is something I think I will never do...I tried on celtic knots once...and twice...and thrice...and tghen decided thaat I'm too clumsy for doing them! Brian L. Husted replies: "It was fun to create a dragon knot, I might do another variation of this again. Celtic knots are a blast to do once you get the hang of it. I usually start just by drawing a simple line design, and then gradually alter it making it more and more complex with the lines crisscrossing each other over and over. Once I have the design the way I like it, I'll go back and figure out all the intersections (over, under, over, under, etc.).
The hardest part for me (because I don't use graph paper) is getting the knots uniform, so I tend to do a lot of copying and tracing of parts of the design, it also helps to scan parts of knots and use the computer to flip and alter bits so that everything matches perfectly."
Hey Brian...I just have to tell you that this is one of my all time favorites of your work...next to that little Flower Faerie you gave to Caity...heh heh. Keep it up...you do awesome work! (Yes, this is you sister in law speaking...lol) And to anyone else reading...I have to say that while Brian's artwork is amazing as seen on this site, it just can't be done justice unless you see it in person! This drum is AMAZING!!! (if he's going to *insist* on being modest, I'll brag for him...lol) Brian L. Husted replies: "He he...it looks like my sister-in-law has hunted me down. It's always great to have family brag about my work. Caity (my niece) is the inspiration for a lot of the work I do, and she will be the very first kid to receive my long awaited dragon letters coloring book."
How cool! The design is beautifully done. It's especially neat that you actually use this drum, and that you made it all yourself as well! When I looked at that design, my first thought was "Eep, I would never have the heart to beat on something that beautiful." But as long as the ink is renewable, then that's ok. ^_^ Brian L. Husted replies: "I get a lot of strange looks when people see me pounding away on something with such an intricate design on it. My wife's has an even more complex Celtic knot pattern on it complete with stippled shading which took several days to complete (I can't post a picture of it on Elfwood because it doesn't qualify as fantasy)."
I'm totally in awe of such a wonderous creation! As if the beautiful knotwork wasn't enough, you actully made the drum itself! Heh...at first, looking at the thumbnail, I thought it was a weird leather or paper parasol, but I'm glad I took a closer look. What a great piece of art. Brian L. Husted replies: "Thanks"
20 Sep 2005
Jennifer Russo
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w00t, another hand percussionist! I started drumming a few months ago--it's great, isn't it? What kind of drum did you do this art on?
Oh, yeah--the art. (= I LOVE the design of this. The central, symetrical, primitive style gives it a tribalish look... Good job! (= Brian L. Husted replies: "I don't know if I'd consider myself a "hand percussionist", I just like to bang on drums once and a while. It's a Native American style elk hide drum hand strung with artificial sinew. Its unusual shape is due to my making the frame myself, I thought that seven sides would be fun."
Wow, I've always wanted to do something with knotwork and patterns on it, but I don't think I'd ever be able to do anything this good. Brian L. Husted replies: "Knots aren't really that hard to do once you get the hang of it. Just draw out your pattern first, then when you have that done, go back and figure out the intersections one at a time (over, under, over, under).
Not only is the knotwork amazing, but it must have taken so much efort to make that. Brian L. Husted replies: "Thanks. The hardest part was getting the dragons symmetrical, after that it just sort of worked itself out."
Wow. That's some intense knotwork. The drum itself is also very beauitful, though i'm not much of a drummer myself, i would love to become one because i think that they're wonderful instruments.
I’ve attemtped knotwork in the past and I just don’t have an eye for it. *sigh* The design is amazing and I love the fact that you have made this yourself. It’s nice that you can bring your own unique rhythms to a drum circle. *wompa wompa wompa*
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