About.
Process
Daniel’s work draws on the timelessness of the shoreline and the corrosion of the objects he finds there, both natural and manmade. He spends long hours alone at the water’s edge, scouring the rocks for splinters of the past washed up by the tide. He harvests these fragments to find the shapes that he pieces together into figures - human, animal and otherworldly - spending days or weeks rearranging the pieces like a jigsaw puzzle, letting the correct form appear.
The corrosion and distortions caused by the tide, exposure to the elements, and the biting, gnawing pressures of time alter apparently changeless, inflexible objects into fleshly and visceral shapes. In these forms, twisted and refracted through dreamlike distortions, we see a haunted world of gradual loss and change through a timeless, soundless descent. This is Daniel's lens - scratched, shattered and scarred - through which he examines the world around him.
Inspiration
"My inspiration comes from many sources; the anatomy of extremes, insects and shellfish, the patination of metals, the debris and detritus of life."
"I'm influenced by so many other sculptors - of course - but particularly by the distorted realism of artists like Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick and Alberto Giacometti."
Materials
"I’ve always looked out for anything that seemed useful, anything that could be part of a figure. I used to mostly look for metal - I really love the erosion of metal, the patination it creates. But more recently, I’ve been seeking out more natural items, like crab claws and bones."
