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Finn's Purse

' 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 

Profile 1736521417 Tony Humbleyard

Invisible Dances

Sumburghead Residency

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