Tony Humbleyard Finns'spurse - ' a found scapula fits the hand/ a muscle memory of tool and ritual object/ stories etched in the wind/ magicians and shapeshifters/ the Finn's place/ casting of the bones...' 'Tales of the Finn's, magicians and shapeshifters are probably a folk memory of the shamanic peoples of the far north' cast bones in bronze lambs scapula and vertebra, gannet's beak/ partially felted found wool netting/ leather/ copper

Mutuality - Copper/Lead/Lime 68cm x 51cm x 13cm what has and will sustain life in this place?/ How can we be truly present here?/ bio-regional relationships/ desire paths/ marks on a landscape/ mutualities/ the patterns of cause and effect/ connection/ networks/ fear and possibility. exploring the social imagination/ our collective understanding 'We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness' Thich Nhat Hhan

Reclamation

Tony Humbleyard Augury Reclaimed lead casting of found machinery and lambs vertebra. our ability to understand the continuities and patterns of the past shape our ability to adapt to the present. This process of adaption will define the anthropocene age. humans have always attempted to divine the future , casting animal bones, observing the flight of birds, making economic forecasts…..

And Is Anyone Listening?2

Whalemind - digital image of work printed on canvas part of artists book 'bone & shadow.

Unwritten places Placing sculpted bowls in the landscape. Invoking imaginal/ performative spaces, an embodied connection to place. Unwritten places where the Archetypal stories still hold sway.