Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.

I'm Leah Lanehurts and I'm delighted to introduce this Found Sound for June,

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 visits Silver Smith Cara Murphy on a beach near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

We hear how the natural world inspires Kara's work,

before joining her at the Ulster Museum to explore the role of handmaking.

Kara is an award-winning silversmith whose work is held in national and international collections,

including the Goldsmith's Company Collection, the Silver Trust Collection at Downing Street, and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Last year she was named Heritage Crafts Northern Ireland's Maker of the Year.

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.

Thank you. settle down into this month's found sound. So Kara, can you introduce yourself and describe your world? I'm Tara Murphy and I'm a silversmith.

I'm based here in Northern Ireland.

And I predominantly make work which is larger silverware for the table.

And I'm really interested in creating work that is to do with the landscape. I like the idea of creating work that is to do with the landscape

I like the idea of creating work that is nearly bringing the outside in,

creating that sort of silver landscape for the table.

And I'm very, very influenced by our natural surroundings

and the natural environment of Northern Ireland.

So can you tell us where we are right now and describe what we're looking at? and the natural environment of Northern Ireland.

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