Rădăcini din Lut | Daniel Leș | TEDxBaiaMare

“By rolling the clay I feel my past, I live in the present and I create my future.“ Daniel Leș urges us to truly live, to find our authenticity, and tells us how he does this: “I have a landmark: the countryman.“ He is convinced that the simplicity of the Romanian village man will save us at some point. We are always caught up in the daily chores and forget to truly live. Daniel Leş is a potter and a free Dacian, buried in the land of Maramures. I live in a 100-year-old house, fire in the stove and tell stories to children. I am the husband and father of two children, the big student at Arts in Timişoara, the little one, 4 years old, who started walking with his fingers in clay, next to me. The luxury of my life is to do what I like at home, convinced that I can be happy without too many accessories. (Daniel Leş) Born in a family of artists trained at the famous school of painting from Băăăăăăăă, Daniel Leş began his apprenticeship at the age of six, together with his father. Although his works are always exhibited on the premises of the most famous art galleries in Romania and abroad, with modesty, he considers himself an eternal apprentice Daniel Leș grew up in the workshop of his father, the painter and ceramist Ioan Leș, where he learned drawing and ceramics. Since 1997 he has exhibited his works in the country and in the world and has been awarded with diplomas of excellence, awards for originality and special awards. “I want to recover the world of my childhood,“ says Daniel Leș, so many of the characters he models are from his childhood village. He is a follower of the traditional methods of clay processing and is recognized as a promoter and continuator of the art of pottery. “I get deeply involved in every work I do, thinking that, at the end, when it’s ready, I have to show it to God.“ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at