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  • Introducing the Dyna-Meter: Seeing What Your Plasma Is Really Doing

    Introducing the Dyna-Meter: Seeing What Your Plasma Is Really Doing

    Stop chasing the glow by feel. The Dyna-Meter is a portable, affordable high-voltage AC measurement kit made for plasma light sculpture—so you can see the output driving your work, dial in your gas fills, and attune your plasma driver with real measurement instead of guesswork. It’s built on Steve Ward’s HV probe designs, made by…

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  • Remembering Jacob Fishman: The Light He Bent, Taught, and Left Behind

    Remembering Jacob Fishman: The Light He Bent, Taught, and Left Behind

    The neon and plasma world lost one of its beloved neon benders, artists, and teachers this month. Jacob Alan Fishman — co-founder of Lightwriters Neon, co-author of The Neon Engineers Notebook, and mentor to more artists than any of us can count — passed away on August 5th, 2026, in Chicago, at 74. This is…

  • 🔒Dev Log #1 — Building VIGIL, Part 1: PVM10 Mounting Design

    🔒Dev Log #1 — Building VIGIL, Part 1: PVM10 Mounting Design

    Amongst running the rest of Taming Lightning, I still find ways to make my own work. This dev log covers two things I’ve been building for the Stealing Fire, Taming Lightning grant project: the PVM10 mounting system I moved to after Tech 22’s Midget Script burned out twice in one exhibition, and VIGIL — the…

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  • What is the ‘Weblink Backpack – Wi-fi Controller’ by James Akers?

    What is the ‘Weblink Backpack – Wi-fi Controller’ by James Akers?

    Percy here. Meet the Weblink Backpack — a device that lets you dim and animate your neon sign right from your phone, designed by James Akers in one simple package. This compact unit connects to a Tech 22 neon transformer (or any transformer with a controller wire accepting 3.3V DC control signals), eliminating the need…

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  • ✨ Pilchuck Glass School: 2027 Neon & Plasma Workshops

    ✨ Pilchuck Glass School: 2027 Neon & Plasma Workshops

    A first look at our Neon and Plasma-focused workshops for the upcoming 2026 season at Pilchuck Glass School! Registration officially opens September 22, 2025, but we wanted to give you a head start on planning your summer for 2026

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