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Celtic corners and bands
Illustrating and embellishing surfaces is a tradition that goes back to the roots of mankind. During the Celtic and Insular periods of art, “Celtic knotwork” was used extensively to illustrate stone and paper. From The Books of Kells to Buy the corners on ACME / Etsy; buy the bands on ACME / Etsy; buy the…
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Triskele symbol
The Triskele (triple spiral / three legs) symbol represent various forms of the number 3. From triadic Gods, the 3 domains (land, sea, and sky), the 3 cycles of life, to the Triple Goddess (maiden / mother / wise woman). Buy this design on ACME / Etsy; this design also appears in one of my…
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La Tène Art
The term La Tène art refers to artwork associated with the La Tène culture. Based around modern day Switzerland, the culture made it’s way across Europe and it’s existence roughly followed the existence of the Celtic culture. In it’s final era it was pushed to the far west of Europe and was seen mainly in…