Creative artistic expression

I was blown away by the videos of Phil Hansen and his unique artistic expressions--not only the final works of art but, much more, his techniques. How, especially, can he do something like his "A Moment"? --How can you keep the sense of the whole even while dealing with the minutia . . . and while the entire piece spins?

I think you may find these videos interesting as well (to put it mildly).

Check out his website at http://www.philinthecircle.com/.