Celtic Tree of Life Print — Crann Bethadh Wall Art

A tree drawn so that its roots and branches are the same shape — each mirroring the other until the two close into a ring of knotwork. This is the Crann Bethadh, the Celtic Tree of Life, in clean linework.

What the Celtic Tree of Life actually means — the modern design, and the Brehon tree law and sacred biles behind it.

About this work

This is a print of the Celtic Tree of Life, the Crann Bethadh — a circular design in which the roots and branches of a tree mirror each other and close into a ring of knotwork. It is worth being straight about what it is: the circular knotwork tree is a design of the twentieth-century Celtic revival, not a motif attested in medieval Irish manuscripts or stone carving. What is genuinely old is the standing of trees in Irish law: the eighth-century text Bretha Comaithchesa graded twenty-eight trees by rank, with oak, hazel, holly, yew, ash, Scots pine and wild apple as the seven nobles of the wood, and set fines for damaging them. This print is an open edition, made to order and shipped worldwide.

Sizes & Format

• 30 × 30 cm / 12 × 12″
• 50 × 50 cm / 20 × 20″
• 70 × 70 cm / 28 × 28″
• Unframed, or framed in black, white or wood

Print & Frame Details

Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints: solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.

Free Worldwide Shipping

Framed prints are packed with protective corners and wrap, boxed with reinforced edges, and braced with internal supports for extra rigidity (max 3 frames per package). Every order ships free, made to order and delivered from the hub closest to you: Ireland 3–7 business days · UK 4–8 · USA 5–10 · Canada 6–12 · Australia 7–14.

More on where this pattern comes from: Celtic art — what is actually Irish about it.