![]() He does not accept commissions nor gallery representation. He constantly chisels, chases, and engraves metal surfaces, among many other techniques and processes, all of which serve to puzzle through his curiosities. He has a stable of antique metalworking machines, and drawers and boxes full of "objets de vertu" with no other value to him than their role in a kind of daily meditative practice. ![]() How did the Etruscans coil hollow metal tube with the resources available to them? He learned by doing. Among his first projects to discover the mysterious method of granulating gold in ancient times, he experimented as a way of understanding the secret, and in the process, perfected it. He dives into engineering and scientific supply catalogues and makes deals with purveyors of rare materials in pursuit of his obsessions. Instead, he uses the finest quality of gold, for example, intensively labored into micro-mosaic abstract patterned panels that pay homage to Byzantine Ravenna but appeal to our modern minimalist sensibilities. His interest in manipulating the physical properties of the mineral world is not unlike the alchemists, only he’s not foolish enough to think he can transform lead into gold. ![]() Daniel Brush is a master metalsmith following in the footsteps of Jamnitzer and the wunderkammer-collecting princes of Europe. ![]()
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