- EP 64: Luminous Phenomena: Rïse Peacock’s Artistic Journey and Curatorial Intersections at CMoG
- EP 63: Understanding the Science Behind the Art of Neon with Dani Kaes
- EP 62: Bright Ideas: Balancing Art and Career with Jacob Willcox
- EP 61: Exploring Light and Ephemeral Art with Alexander Groves of Studio Swine
- EP 60: Neon Primer with Kacie Lees!
- EP 59: Neon Insights: Alta Robbins’ Valve Innovations with Greg Wilson
- EP 58: Neon Glo with Adam Smo
- EP 57: Kiln-Formed Glass and Plasma with Mark Ditzler
- EP 56: A conversation on Conservation with Suzanne Hargrove of Toledo Museum of Art
- EP 55: Under Vacuum with Angie McHale ft Pat Gadzinski
- Podcast | EP 54: A Glowing Potential with Kate Herron
- Podcast | EP 53: From Furnace to Neon – Pulling Neon Tubes with Ethan Samaha ft. Zach Layhew
- Podcast | EP 52: Emerging Light and Space Artist, Ethan Samaha
- Apex Interview: Blowing Glass and Taming Lightning with Percy Echols II
- Podcast | EP 50: Light in Transmission – On Curating and Critique with Vicky Clark
- Podcast | EP 49: Glass Quarterly n0. 163, LIT review
- Podcast | EP 48: Return to Taming Lightning
- EP 51 – On pioneers of gas discharge lighting: Daniel McFarland Moore featuring Wayne Strattman
- Podcast | EP 47: Thomas Zickuhr & Neon Lab
- Podcast | EP 46: Neon as Systems Building with Ben Orozco
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Store Update | Global Rare Gas Prices Just Dropped by 37% !
Rare gas prices just dropped at Taming Lightning — up to 37% off xenon, 32% off krypton, and cuts across neon, helium, and argon. Bigger fills see the deepest discounts, and nothing on the list went up. New pricing is live now.
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Helix Nebula: Iris van Herpen × Mundy Hepburn
Iris van Herpen just put living plasma on the runway — and the glass holding it is Mundy Hepburn’s. A look at the Helix Nebula dress, the dinky transformers behind it, and why the King of Plasma was the one van Herpen had to call.
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PAA April 2026 – Daniel McFarlan Moore: Pioneer of Plasma
The Plasma Art Alliance’s April meeting spotlights Daniel McFarlan Moore, an early pioneer whose gas‑filled “Moore Lamps” helped lay the groundwork for modern plasma light. Cary Rapaport, Wayne Strattman, and Dydia DeLyser trace how Moore’s engineering innovations and large‑scale luminous installations anticipated the aesthetics and technical foundations of today’s plasma art. His legacy reveals a…
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STORE Notice: Away This Summer — Away Dates for June!
The Taming Lightning Store will have two shipping blackout windows this summer while I’m away at the Glass Art Society Conference in Corning (May 31st–June 7th) and teaching at Pilchuck Glass School (June 20th–July 4th). Orders placed 2 days before each departure will ship before I leave — everything else ships 2 days after I’m…
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🔒Processing Dynamics: What’s Happening Inside the Tube Affects the Finished Product by Rusty Russo | Signs of the Times (sept 1999)
What’s really happening inside a neon tube during bombardment? Veteran glassblower Rusty Russo breaks down the science — ionization, viscous flow, molecular flow, and why your vacuum pump can be working hard while nothing is actually leaving the tube. His 1999 Signs of the Times article is now in the Taming Lightning Research Lab Library,…
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