Taming Lightning

Hello Lightning Tamers! Here I follow up in the hardware design for this piece and share what I did to prepare the vessel to solder the electrode via coldworking. coldworking: the collective term for the many techniques and tools used to alter or decorate glass when it’s cold (at room temperature).  – Corning Museum of Glass ex.…

Follow along as I walk-through making a plasma light sculpture and the designs choices and decisions I make to it’s finished conclusion. This will cover 3D printing/modeling, and glassblowing, as well as engraving , fire polished glass, coldworking glass , and glass solder aka  Kiln Soldered Glass. Kiln Soldered Glass: using a low melting glass medium to bond two similar glass materials. View…

Hello Lightning Tamers! After finishing my latest plasma sculpture, and listening to those who saw the sneak peeks in my instagram, I thought I’d try to livestream my in-process work. To show how the gap between a close-form to vacuum seal is much smaller than you think.  In this livestream I go over my decision…

Hello Lightning Tamers! Light on the Horizon is a virtual exhibition of plasma light art works collected from studios around the world–originally presented for the Glass Art Society’s virtual 2021 conference. I am both surprised and amazed at by the entries in this Virtual Exhibition, and how well video works with a medium where seeing…