CHRISTOPHER CASTLE
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Etchings
The Ancient Goddess
 The etchings here trace my relationship with the feminine principle that manifests in the images that come down to us from the pre-metal ages, principally the Neolithic and Bronze Ages of the 10th to the 2nd millennium BCE. Mostly these are efforts to demonstrate the iconographic quality of these sacred images. In the prints the image is centrally placed and surrounded by a field of pattern derived from elements of the specific culture. Application of various etching techniques - line, aquatint, softground,
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Unknown Polish Goddess
aquatint and deep bite etching

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Cucuteni Fields
line, softground and aquatint etching

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Cucuteni Threshold
line, aquatint and deep bite etching
three etchings demonstrating the relationship of the ceramic wares' outer form with the figurines' silhouette. When two vessels are placed side-by-side a negative space is set up that closely resembles the lines of the figurines' form.

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 Maeve in Malta, 3000 BCE
line and aquatint etching

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Malta Goddess 1 - Mnajdra
aquatint

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Malta Goddess 2 - Hal Saflieni
aquatint

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Malta Goddess 3 - Qrendi
aquatint

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Four Maltese Goddesses
aquatint

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Four Polish Goddesses
aquatint and deep bite etching

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Minoan Snake Goddess
aquatint and deep bite etching

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Minoan Mother-Son
soft ground and aquatint

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Feather River Goddess, California
soft ground and aquatint

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Utah Corn Goddess -  Fremont
soft ground and deep bite etching

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Shiva Lingham
aquatint

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  • Prints
    • Nepal monotypes
    • Nepal - Stupa monotypes
    • Romania-Cucuteni monotypes
    • shaman (1) monotypes
    • shaman (2) monotypes
    • Land archetypes - monotypes
    • Goa - monotypes
    • More monotypes
    • About monotypes and etching
    • megalithic sites - etchings
    • ancient goddess - etchings
    • more etchings
  • Paintings
    • oil
    • Acrylic
    • egg tempera and icons
    • egg tempera and gilding
    • more tempera
    • Watercolor
    • utah painting 2021
  • Drawings
    • Nepal Stupa drawings
    • Romania - Cucuteni drawings
    • Geometry
    • Soil Drawings
    • Redwood Drawings
    • Early prints and drawngs and watercolors
  • Public Art Works
  • Media
    • Video
    • Articles and Interviews
    • Musical works
  • About
    • CC Bio note
    • Resumé
    • Cucuteni research
    • Cucuteni figurines
    • Cucuteni figurines and energy patterns
    • Iasi catalg 2019
    • about the NIAD map
    • NIAD Poem
    • The World Pattern tiles
  • Contact