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affected his decision, and he
went on to earn a master's
degree at the Rhode Island
School of Design.
"I started with glass in
1976 because that was one
of the things that was
offered at Portland," says
Ben Tre, who begins projects
with series of drawings. "I
was very attracted to it
because of its translucency
and ability to trap light. It
was interesting and exciting.
"Everybody at that time
was blowing glass, but fairly
quickly, I started casting. It
allowed me to have a more
intellectual approach as a
sculptor, and it gave me the
time to develop images as
opposed to doing everything
instantly."
Ben Tre, who has accepted
commissions for synagogue
art, has labored over a group
of three-dimensional work
related to what he saw in
1978 while visiting the
Jewish cemetery in Prague.
Viewing layers of grave-
stones, which had intricate
markings, made for a pow-
erful and moving experience
to express artistically.
Although the artist grew
up in a Conservative home,
he relates his wrapped forms
to rituals practiced by his
Orthodox grandfather.
"In my works on paper,
you'll see dark, banded areas, which are
wrappings, and I attribute those wrap-
pings to the idea of tefillin and the rit-
ual of banding and wrapping [I used to
see when] my grandfather davened
every day," Ben Tre explains.
"The purpose of these wrappings —
I'm not sure the rabbis would agree —
is to transport the individual from the
everyday experience of life to . some
kind of transcendent moments. [In a
similar way], this is what art making is
to me — transcendent moments."
Ben Tre picked an industrial build-
ing in Providence, R.I., for his studio
space, where he works closely with his
wife, Gay. As she assists with concept
development and project management,
a staff of six provides skills needed for
extensive commissions. Currently in
the works are two plazas — one for
Target's world headquarters in
Minneapolis and another for the Bank
of America in Charlotte.
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"It's great to have different ways of
expressing myself," Ben Tre says. "To

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