Mainly in these darkening days leading up to Samhain and a New Celtic Year we are (obsessively?) preoccupied with triskelle/triskelion/triskele (apply whichever label grabs you!) and Foggy has produced an amazing range of routed and etched triskelle in various materials. This all in response to my desire for a mould to make a low relief ceramic plaque - which is still to be made! I just had to use this aluminum version on a Samhain moon painting! Here's some detail - I see the dragon!
The triskelle represents many things: the forward motion of life; the unbroken line; land, sea and sky; maiden, mother and crone: the Otherworld, the Mortal World and the Celestial World; life, death and rebirth.
No surprise then that spirals and triskelle have from the Neolithic to the 21st century been beautifully symbolically powerful!
From doodles on schoolbooks to scribblings on agenda, from the delights of an ammonite or a fern uncurling and the first pinch pot I ever made, even the ring I wear, spirals have been an unconscious and conscious part of my life.
The triskelle extends and develops, shows continuity and connectivity in this amazing journey through The Wheel of Life.
Engineered precision meets primitive paint - love the contrast!
Share your Samhain/Halloween legends, music and activities!
Love and (Moon) Light
Lindsey
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