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Ali Tregaskes
Ali Tregaskes was born in 1963, spent most of her childhood in Cornwall, now living in Ross on Wye, Herefordshire with her family. She went back to college as a mature student, to fulfil a burning passion to study Art, graduating in June 2006 with distinction from Herefordshire College of Art and design.
'This collection of work regards repetition and the grouping of individual cells or units, which when amassing together reform and become a whole. I considered the idea that an individual unit can be fragile or unsubstantial but when combined, they become a viable entity, a united form. They are transformed, the units have a new life, and strength is now their name.'
'I have always been inspired by contemporary architecture; this body of work is influenced by the mathematics and architecture of Buckminster Fullers’ Geodesic Domes. During the 1950’s Fuller created futuristic geometric domes by combining many small parts, they were incredibly strong tensegrity structures. His works also have a basis in plant architecture, the Fibonacci sequence and golden proportion.'
'I love to work with copper, brass and silver for their visual and expressive qualities, and forgiving nature. I enjoy the endless variety of surface finishes and patination which can be achieved by etching, forging and soldering. The physical creating and working in a repetitive nature is truly pleasing to me, it can be both a therapeutic and a productive process, as I find room for thought.'
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