Main Pages
Best Sellers
Winter Woolies Mug
Fine bone china mug featuring "Winter Woolies" by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe. Made in England by Royal Grafton.
find out more
Time To Put Ewe'r Feet Up Mug
Porcelain mug featuring "Time To Put Ewe'r Feet Up " by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
find out more
Thomas Joseph Box Calendar 2011
Clear plastic box calendar containing 12 of Thomas's famous whimsical sheep prints each with a calendar on the front and planner on the back. The featured pictures are: Global Warming, Cool Dude, Ewe're A Jolly Good Fellow, Who's A Baad Girl, Ewe Wanna' Know A Secret, Ewe're A Big Softee, Jenson Mutton, Ewe Livin' The High Life, We Love Ewe - Silly Moo, The "U" Factor, Ewe're A Star and Silent Night .
4.7"(120mm) wide and 5.4"(138mm) tallThe Twelve Days of Christmas 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Approx. size when completed: 19" (480mm) wide, 14.5" (365mm) tall
A stunning interpretation of the classic Christmas song in Rachel’s inimitable style. It was illegal to be a Catholic in England from 1558 to 1829, so this was written as a catechism song to help young Catholics learn the basics of their faith. Since it sounded like rhyming nonsense, Catholics could sing it without fear of imprisonment. The song had hidden meanings; "true love" refers to God and "me" refers to the church. The twelve gifts also had their meanings. On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming (the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostles’ Creed), eleven pipers piping (the eleven faithful apostles), ten lords a-leaping (the ten commandments), nine ladies dancing (the nine fruits of the Spirit), eight maids a-milking (the eight beatitudes), seven swans a-swimming (the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments), six geese a-laying (the six days of creation), five golden rings (the first five books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch"), four calling birds (the four Gospels, the four evangelists), three French hens (faith, hope and charity), two turtle doves (the Old and New Testaments) and a partridge in a pear tree (Jesus Christ, symbolically presented as a mother partridge that acts as a decoy to save her helpless chicks from predators).Family Album Coaster
Individual coaster featuring Family Album
find out more
Nag Nag Nag Coaster
Individual cork backed coaster featuring Nag Nag Nag
find out more
Double Ewe Double Ewe Double Ewe Dot Coaster
Individual coaster featuring Double Ewe Double Ewe Double Ewe Dot
find out more
Ewe Are My Sunshine Coaster
Individual coaster featuring Ewe Are My Sunshine
find out more
Green Man 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Approx. size when completed: 26.25" (655mm) wide, 19.75" (500mm) tall
The Green Man is a motif found in many cultures around the world. The representation of a face surrounded by or made of leaves; it is interpreted primarily as a symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of growth each spring. Perhaps a fertility God, the beneficent spirit of vegetation or a tree spirit, the Green Man motif was still being built into European churches even after 1000 years of Christianity. Here the artist has depicted the Green Man as the centre of the life cycle of the Oak tree. Oak was a sacred tree for the Celts, thought to have special powers and to serve as the abode of the fairies. In reality the oak tree supports more insect, bird and animal life than any other. The Dagda, the powerful God of Celtic tradition, is likened to the oak, never failing to give hospitality to all who asked for it.We're Daft But We Love Ewe Mug
Porcelain mug featuring "We're Daft But We Love Ewe" by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
find out more
Baaad Girls Mug
Porcelain mug featuring "Baaad Girls" by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
find out more
Are Ewe The Boss? Mug
Porcelain mug featuring "Are Ewe The Boss?" by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
find out more
Form-ewe-la One Mug
Porcelain mug featuring "Form-ewe-la One" by Northern Ireland artist Thomas Joseph. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
find out more
St Brendan The Navigator Jigsaw Puzzle
1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Approx. size when completed: 26.25" (655mm) tall, 19.75" (500mm) wide
St. Brendan was born in 486 AD and founded a monastery at Clonfert, County Galway. Brendan travelled widely; he was said to have set sail with a handful of monks on a perilous seven-year quest across the Atlantic in a boat of wood and oxhide. En route, legend tells us that they were raised up on the backs of "sea monsters" (whales), they passed by "crystal columns that rose up to the sky" (icebergs) and they were pelted with "flaming, foul-smelling rocks" (from a volcano). Eventually, the intrepid voyagers arrived at a beautiful land they called the "Promised Land of the Saints", an island which became a standard feature on maps for the next millennium. It is widely believed that St. Brendan the Navigator and his monks had in fact arrived in America almost 1,000 years before Christopher Colombus.Eejits
Carpet Page 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Approx. size when completed: 26.25" (655mm) wide, 19.75" (500mm) tall
A carpet page is a page of pure ornament, looking rather like an oriental carpet, with brilliant colours, active lines and complex patterns. They are commonly found in books in the Insular style, that is, the illuminated Celtic manuscripts produced in Irish and British monasteries from 600 to 900 AD. It has been suggested that the complexity of the ornamentation in carpet pages was believed to confuse evil spirits, thus keeping safe the sacred information contained in the chapters to follow. Some art historians have found ties between Insular carpet pages, Middle Eastern decorative text pages and oriental carpets. In this carpet page by Rachel Arbuckle, the artist has combined the geometric, angular lines of Moorish art with the softer curves and intricate interlacing of the Celts. The central structure of the design is a cross shape which is often found in Insular carpet pages, except in this case the artist has altered the proportions to suggest the four gates of the Tibetan mandala. Dogs, which are used as ornamentation throughout the design, feature extensively in Insular art and appear to have been adapted by Irish and Scottish monastic artists from a style of animal pattern which was found in Germanic art at the time. The result is a contemporary Celtic design which draws on an eclectic mix of styles and cultures, reflecting the possible influences from more exotic climes in Insular art.Highland Showdown
Courting Peacocks 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Approx. size when completed: 19" (480mm) wide, 14.5" (365mm) tall
The image of the peacock can be found in many cultures and traditions. The early Celts looked to the beasts of the earth, sky and sea in an attempt to understand life and believed animals taught them how to live in harmony with Nature itself. The peacock appeared as a symbol of beauty, paradise, rebirth, pride and the incorruptibility of the soul. It also tells the story of the heavens and the rays of the sun. As legend had it, the peacock’s flesh did not putrefy, so the Celts considered it a symbol of the Resurrection and everlasting life. Hence, it is widely used throughout early Christian Celtic manuscripts as a representation of Christ.Form-ewe-la One
Silly Ass
Internet access to Irish and Celtic Crafts and Gifts.
Buy Irish and Celtic Crafts and Gifts Online
