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display hall full of beautiful work, and know a piece as enjoy having a slowly rotating turntable which would
his by the simple principles he follows when combined allow people to appreciate each degree of the tree’s im-
with his distinctive style. age, rather than just appreciating one side. It certainly
When it comes to the manner in which Daniel cre- goes with his great love of round or many-sided pots,
ates his art, he keeps his tools to essentials. Wire is which let viewers shift their view, granting them the
applied only where it’s needed, and is considered a ability to choose their own favored ‘front.’
temporary measure. Within that, he uses aluminum
wire as a preference, though he, like everyone else,
used copper for decades. He amusingly remembers
how excited everyone became when aluminum wire
was first made available, and finds humorous now the
tendency by some to hold an almost religious insis-
tence on the use of copper over aluminum. Any aid,
no matter how humble, is used to assist him in the
creation of his works. It is a means to an end and for
Daniel, only the end matters.
Beyond these original four principles, believing
with humor that four is generally a good number to
have when it comes to something as essential as prin-
ciples, he has nonetheless added depth in the pursuit
of expressing what inspires him most in nature. As
time progressed, it became apparent to him that if
one treated each branch as its own crown, the over-
all image would be pleasing, no matter how you ap-
proached the tree. He has often mused that he would

Top; Korean Black Pine, Pinus
thumbergii
Bottom; Rocky Mountain
Juniper, Juniperus scopularum

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