Daniel Rotblatt’s amazing diversity of talents ranges from blacksmithing and bronze casting to artful creations in stone and wood. Now working primarily in bronze, he casts all his pieces himself using a unique mold-making technique tailored to his one-of-a-kind sculptures. The process requires the destruction of the master and molds, so each sculpture cannot be replicated.

He has exhibited his sculpture and installations in solo, two person, and group exhibitions throughout the Los Angeles area. His work is in a number of private collections worldwide, and he has won several prestigious awards and honors such as the Marilyn Werby Scholarship award and the Order of the Laurel.

Mr. Rotblatt is presently an instructor at California State University at Long Beach, teaching Art Foundry and Mold-making. Over the past 20 years, he has worked to share his knowledge by teaching seminars and classes in various aspects of the arts from bronze casting, photography and knife-making,, to jewelry. In addition to teaching, he has written scripts and worked as a set designer and propmaster in the movie industry.

He was born in Los Angeles in 1957 and has lived in Topanga for the last 15 years. In 2000, he married his beautiful wife Lori and now has a delightful baby boy, David. He received his M.A. in sculpture from California State University, Northridge in 2002 and his M.F.A at California State University, Long Beach in 2005.

“I function in a world built from assumptions. A rock is solid; a metal bar heavy and unyielding, and a chair is firm, immobile. But are they? Always? Do I have to examine a chair before sitting in it? I could take a chance and live by my preconceptions; throw caution in the wind, close my eyes and just sit down. But I would miss the subtler meanings built around my assumptions. So I think, ponder and I stand.”