Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry These surrounded and framed a

These surrounded and framed a small piece on an upper back (erased in photo)

For the Hopi Indians of the great American SouthWest desert

This particular pattern was found on the shield of King Raedwald

I make no secret of my preference for sighthounds

The scientist for whom this pattern was created as a symbol of frontier optics research explains it thus: "To me

Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry These surrounded and framed aA 6th century Pictish carving on the Rodney standing stone near Brodie Castle in Moray, Scotland depicts the balance of two great warring clans. This symbol is a doubled disc and Z rod, memorializing the time when they came together and joined forces, creating a stronger Pictish Nation.