I'm not a wet plate guy so this is just speculation, but he may be trying to avoid contaminating the still damp emulsion with reaction byproducts created by wires made from another material?
I've also seen this same design implemented by taking the main septum cutout piece, trimming four triangles off the corners of that, then epoxying those triangles to slightly overlap the corners of the rectangular septum cutout, similar to the corner wires used in the example.
That's a simpler design that also requires no further sourcing of materials.
Ken