Myself and Lorna went to the British Museum in search of inspiration and research into our ideas. I have to say it was very difficult in finding things which were obviously Celtic, because the Celts crossed over with the Romans when they came into Britain, so the style would have changed. (That's my very basic understanding of the Celts and Romans!)
What I did manage to find within the many many rooms of artefacts were very beautiful pieces of jewellery, armour, weapons and farming materials. Some of them I had already seen on the website (and put into my moodboards) but it was so nice seeing them in real life. My favourite thing about Celtic objects is the decoration.
This was one of my favourite pieces. It is a Torc, which is an object worn around the neck. This particular torc is made up of sixty-four threads all twisted together, which were secured by the moulded ends. It is made out of gold mixed with silver, and dates at 75BC. At this time, no other
ancient world civilisation such as the Greeks and Romans could make anything this elaborate, and this is why it has to be my favourite piece.
I find all of these objects so inspiring as they are rich in detail and decoration. I will be taking elements from different objects to create my own patterns, objects and headdress pieces.
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