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Artifact Line Art by Michael McGrath

LIne art of artifacts is a time honored tradition among professional archaeologists and those artists who draw for them. Line art involves drawing the artifact in exacting detail for publication. Often times this results in greater detail and understanding than is possible with high resolution photography. Every little detail of the artifact is captured by the line art artist.

What I offer here is line art that I've done based upon pictures of artifacts and other line art pictures. All are original works of art done by me and available for purchase. I could hardly create this page without giving tribute to the best line artist that there has ever be.....Val Waldorf. Val passed away unexpectedly a few years ago, but she was and is the best.

All artwork offered here is original and comes unmatted unless noted. Michael McGrath and Susquehanna Woodland Designs retains all copy and reproduction rights to each image purchased here. What that means is that we may decide to offer prints and/or T-shirts with the images of these original works. When you purchase an original work here, you agree not to reproduce the work in any format without the express written consent of Michael McGrath and/or Susquehanna Woodland Designs. All works are signed and dated by Michael McGrath.

Here is one of the very best line art drawings I've ever done. It's the only drawing I know of that has this many different types of fluted points illustrated. Among them are: Clovis, Folsom, Crowfield, Barnes Cumberland, Cumberland, and Wenatchee Clovis fluted points. This drawing alone took 12 hours. Some of the points are famous points, while some I created completely from scratch so they do not exist as a real artifact. This piece now resides in a good knapping friends personal collection.

LD09-01 Fluted Points $75.00

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Dove Tails are one of the most collected and coveted point amongst collectors. Illustrated here are the top most desired and collected of all the Dove Tails. The illustrated points themselves are 7 1/4 inches long. About 7 1/2 hours of time was invested in this piece. This is a super original artwork for the price!

LD09-02 Dove Tails $60.00

Perkiomen points don't recieve the recognition many of us Northeastern collectors and knappers think that they deserve. So, I decided to pay respects to this great Woodland point with this drawing. The drawing was based upon a picture of a real artifact found in PA. The point measures nearly 4 3/4 inches. This would look beautiful framed and on the wall of a PA collector's artifact room.

LD09-04 Perkiomen $20.00

Crowfield Points are not well know in the circles of fluted point collecting because they are a rare Northeastern fluted point known for their extreme thinness and multiple fluting. Here I've illustrated the Chataqua County, NY Crowfield. This is an early drawing, so the price reflects that fact. It's still a nice orignal signed drawing of a rare point type.

LD09-03 Crowfield $14.00