All The Beautiful Celtic Jewelry Designs

You don’t have to be straight or Irish to fall in love with Celtic jewelry designs. These jewelry pieces are a favorite among all walks of life because of their originality and their wonderful lines. I personally have a veritable trove of Irish inspired pieces and I love wearing them, they are just so mysterious and fun.

I am going to be doing a small group of posts addressing the different kinds of Irish jewelry designs including pieces like Celtic knotwork rings, Celtic promise rings and Celtic engagement rings among others.

Celtic knotwork rings and crosses are filled with history and each design has a special story that makes it more than just a piece of jewelry, these stories make Celtic jewelry works of art.

So what the heck do Celtic jewelry designs look like?

This Celtic pendant is a fine example of traditional Celtic jewelry design. It is intricate and you can see the detailing clearly in the silver work:

This Titanium Celtic mans ring is more simplistic but still a classic look in this style of jewelry today:

This is a fantastic example of Celtic weaving in jewelry. I personally love the way the three different colored metals are all woven together. I want it!

Celtic jewelry designs often incorporate fantastic swirling symbols and intricate patters like those you see in Celtic knotwork rings and many times there’s a cross worked into the design somehow. The crosses and the knots are probably the most popular of all.

The Celtic cross is one of the most famous of all symbols used in Celtic jewelry design. Rumor has it that it was St. Patrick that designed the very first of these crosses all those years ago. He drew a circle over the traditional Catholic cross to symbolize something unique and even more special.

There is more than one belief concerning what this added circle represents. Some say it represents the halo of Christ while others believe that it represents eternity and never-ending love. No matter which interpretation you follow, this kind of Celtic jewelry design is always a wonderful addition to your jewelry collection.

You don’t even have to be religious to enjoy the wonder of this kind of Celtic cross jewelry. For example, the arms of the cross can symbolize the mind, the body, the soul and the human heart, or even earth, air, fire and water. There are as many interpretations of the Celtic cross as there are versions of it.

This is one of the reasons why Celtic jewelry designs have been flourishing for generation upon generation all over the world.