Brendan the Navigator Tattoo with Celtic Waves Design gauntlet A classic Celtic knot work

A classic Celtic knot work canine leaps up and over a knotwork square cross copied from a grave in a cemetery in Dublin

binding the cycles of the seasons and life

The center of the cross is this evocative wheel

this unusual knotwork band forms inner crosses

An upper arm half-sleeve featuring a Tibetan spiral flame interlaced with Celtic knots that form a band around the arm

Brendan the Navigator Tattoo with Celtic Waves Design gauntlet A classic Celtic knot workSaint Brendan the Navigator, the brave voyager who sailed all the way to the Americas in a cowhide boat. Patron saint of all those who journey over the waves. The saint's depiction in the tattoo is a copy of an old wooden chair found inside the Cathedral of St. Brendan in Clonfert, Ireland. Around it are Pictish spirals representing the waves he journeyed over.