The earliest use of pot plants is thought to have been by medicine people who required rare plant specimens at their door in times of medical emergency. This notion that a plant can be lifted from one location to another or even kept alive in a pot must have been quite a revelation for early civilisations. Despite the fact that pots for plants are an old invention, it seems that many pot plant designs are bound by tradition. Yet the potential for pots to be as
There is a fascinating gardening movement that is currently booming in many
The design process for making botanic artworks usually begin with sketch illustrations and scale models and that are then converted into measured drawings that can be scaled up and used as templates for making large scale prototypes.

In that plants are growing and changing constantly and a garden can take several years to complete. Ice art on the other hand is more instantaneous, a design and be sculpted in

Daniel has been teaching design at UTS, UNSW, TAFE and Whitehouse Institute in Australia. The design process involves concept development also known as ‘idea generation’, sketch design, rendering/illustration, model making and presentation techniques.
Some botanic artworks require several years to grow into completion where as ice art is some what instantaneous in comparison.

Daniels Botanic Art Studio has become is

The Daniel most recent works are using living plants
To read more about the theory behind the