covering the skin with a light tracery of knots

and the choice to use color as a background or a matrix of dots between the knotwork weaves

The torcs they wore set them above the common

The scientist for whom this pattern was created as a symbol of frontier optics research explains it thus: "To me

Watchers Celtic Raven Tattoo Design woodpecker covering the skin with aTwo ravens, ever alert, shaped to sculpt across the musculature. Knotwork in the wings and central triangle mirror the woven beaks, for an integrated and dynamic whole. This pattern is based on an original design by the talented Welsh artist Jen Delyth, adapted for use as a tattoo. Sold here with her permission. Two versions will be included, a wider and thinner form, to fit different parts of the body.