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ment had arrived safely, a member of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s press staff told him that they were deluged with ornaments.
The response was so great that 22 Christmas trees were decorated in the White House. Each artist had to agree to the conditions set forth in the letter. Ornaments could be no wider than five inches and no longer than 18 inches and could not weigh more than 12 ounces. The ornaments were to be hung with gold cord.
The three-dimensional design could npt be reproduced for any financial gain by the artist or in any way be used with a commercial association with the president. Each artist was to treat the agreement confidentially until the White House made the official announcement of the Christmas display. The First Lady introduced the collection bee. 6. /
Mr. Exton works in his garage studio in Herndon. He has his furniture displayed currently in a show at the Greater Reston Arts Center. He also teaches woodtuming. In the , pastjiis furniture and other woodwork has been displayed at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington.
“My ornament is based on the great star of Bethlehem and is made from holly, the whitest wood, ^vith a walnut center,” he said.
He spent nearly 12 hours in the design of the intricate star that is two inches in diameter and eight and a half inches long.“I never hesitated when I realized what I was being asked to donate,” Mr. Exton said. “It is a special recognition of the craft artist that the Clintons have done. The word is gradually getting out.” Mr. Exton, 42, has devoted his career to full-time woodturning for he last two and a half years after ■inging in night clubs in the 1970s and writing in the 1980s. One of his books, Milestone into Headstones: 9 Fascinating Americans Burned in Washington, D.C. is available at the Arlington Cemetery.
Mr. Exton, said he hasn’t yet decided what craft to tackle in the year 2000. i i
“I may master the polka,” he said. Mr. Exton is the son of Hugh M. Exton of Amissville. «
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