NowI’msharingthemwithyouaswell.Someofthediagrams,poemsandbitsoftextherecomefromthe cardsandI’veaddedsomebriefnotestogiveacluetothemeaningsandsymbolismoftherugsbutasI mentionedeachofthemcanactasthebasisofbothalengthytalkanddiscussion.PerhapsI’llexpandthe texts or be encouraged to talk about the images elsewhere.
These rugs have been created for many years now, at a rate of less than one a year, for three main reasons.
•Firstly to encapsulate in visual form ideas that have interested me, many of which are tackled in this website. •Secondly to have a diagram which I can use as the basis of a workshop. Many of these are in a circle of people sitting on the ground in a circle in a tent and I like the informality and matter of factness of a carpet that can be walked on. •Thirdly the rugs formed the basis of Yuletide cards that I sent to family and friends each year
Myfirststabatintegratingthefour“flights”oftheOgham“treealphabet”withthecycleoftheyear, around an image of the midsummer sunrise trilithon at Stonehenge. Thecircleof52whitedotswhichformahaloroundthesunrepresenttheweeksoftheyear.TheOgham lettersstartinthebottomlefthandcornerwiththeletterB,forBeth/Birchandrunroundanticlockwise, in four groups, to end with I, Ioho/Yew. Birch is the young, short lived, first colonising . AsshownherethecycleoflettersisBLNFS,HDTCQ,MGNgStR,AOUEI.Oghamwasawriting systemthatappearstohavebeenusedinBritainbeforeeithertheRomanlettersortherunescame here. It’s only found now on a few, probably memorial, stones where the letters are cut down the edge.
The 2nd Ogham Stonehenge Rug.
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Myfirststabatintegratingthefour“flights”oftheOgham“tree alphabet”withthecycleoftheyear,aroundanimageofthe midsummer sunrise trilithon at Stonehenge. Thecircleof52whitedotswhichformahaloroundthesun representtheweeksoftheyear.TheOghamlettersstartinthe bottomlefthandcornerwiththeletterB,forBeth/Birchandrun roundanticlockwise,infourgroups,toendwithI,Ioho/Yew.Birch is the young, short lived, first colonising . AsshownherethecycleoflettersisBLNFS,HDTCQ,MGNg StR,AOUEI.Oghamwasawritingsystemthatappearstohave beenusedinBritainbeforeeithertheRomanlettersortherunes camehere.It’sonlyfoundnowonafew,probablymemorial, stones where the letters are cut down the edge.
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