Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.

I'm Leah Lainters and I'm delighted to introduce this Found Sound for February,

created by musician and sound artist Alice Boyd.

For this year's Found Sounds, Alice travels across the UK to meet people inspired by

heritage crafts, folklore and the landscape, creating a sonic scrapbook of their practice.

This month, Alice meets wood artist Darren Appiege in Greenwich Park in southeast London, before heading to his studio to learn more about his wood-turning practice.

In the background, you'll hear chirping parakeets, the rumble of traffic and the occasional plane overhead,

all of which are part of the sonic tapestry of this urban landscape.

You may wish to pause the podcast here for a moment,

while you find somewhere warm and quiet, to close your eyes,

sit back and settle down into this month's found sound. The So Darren, could you introduce yourself and your work?

So my name is Darren Nipierje and I am a wood artist.

So I mainly make vessels, bowls, or I would say even sculptural pieces.

I use a machine called a lathe. It's got two ends and in between those two ends I'm able to secure a piece of wood

and so it rotates. It's on an engine. So as it rotates I use chisels and gauges to shape out the wood

and then I'll hollow the wood using hollowing

tools and can you describe where we are right now what we're looking at and the place and what it means to you

so we are currently in Greenwich Park from a young age I used to just go to Kunich Park for walks.

This is prior to me even being interested in work.

It was almost like a peace haven for me.

I would just go and walk to one of my close friends

and I'll just be walking, we'll be talking

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