Good points yes.
The decoration on the front of those sporrans (in the OP) does look rather like a 'cut and paste' job from the design perspective.
The decoration on wingtips, as in ancient Celtic art, is made to fit the shape of the area which is decorated.
It would be nice to have a sporran like the OP one with more thought put into the layout of the decoration so that it fits the shape of the area. Also it would be nice to have the big swirly bits often seen on wingtips.
The modern tendency to use 'clip art' design is an ever-present (though slight) annoyance to me.
Anyhow I found some nice photos of classic patterns
Last edited by OC Richard; 27th August 14 at 06:02 AM.
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