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Ben Crenshaw, a professional graphic designer for nearly 25 years, has always been intrigued by Celtic knotwork. Knotwork motifs have been created by diverse cultures the world over. Simple patterns based on ropes, braids and nets evolved into one of the first forms of decorative art. The Celtic tradition saw knotwork elevated to its highest level. Plaited borders, spiraling backgrounds, and twisting zoo-morphs are the hallmarks of the Celtic style. Its over-and-under intricacies, flowing in ways simultaneously organic and logical, resonate with Ben's personal aesthetic sense. In the textures created by relationships between a knot's positive and negative space he has seen the potential for creating designs of layered depth; on first glance representational, on closer inspection an explosion of pattern and ornament, within which reside forms both figurative and decorative. The whole having the effect of repeatedly drawing viewers in then pushing them back up again. Ben Crenshaw Studios is more than an outlet for one man's personal creativity; it is dedicated to the ever-expanding audience of this richly vibrant art form. Classically trained in all the traditional methods of fine art and illustration Ben uses a pencil and paper to rough out preliminary knot concepts and to work through the challenges occasionally presented by his designs. As solutions emerge that begin to satisfy him he redraws them in ink...

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