Taming Lightning

​Hello Lightning Tamers! I taught my first 2-day workshop at Pittsburgh Glass Center for Plasma Globes, a first for PGC as a make-n-take Plasma Globe. Day 1, which focused on making our globes and shapes in the hot shop and adding the electrode. used transparent colors to make the globes look good during the day…

Hello Lightning Tamers! I just finished the final touches on the Neon Lab for next week’s 2-Night Plasma Globe Workshop .*phew* It was long long loooong road of learning about what was needed for the pumping and filling station (and balancing my efforts, art making, and podcasting on top of that.) Every system is different…

Hello Lightning Tamers! I’ve been working on finishing some pieces for the Distillery Residency Exhibition next month, and I’ve close to finishing with each studio session! It’s crunch time as I work to ready the Neon Lab for Pittsburgh Glass Center’s first Plasma Globe Workshop! Final steps is securing a leak proof line for Neon…

Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass | Pittsburgh Glass Center The Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass is for artists who think outside of the box, practice curiosity, and take risks to create unique, imaginative works in glass or incorporating glass.

Hello Lightning Tamers! Latest Upgrade for the Neon Lab! Added an Acrylic Viewing Window, to this mysterious contraption. One the the comments I got often by my co-workers/staff at PGC is not being able to show people what’s inside. (which honestly didn’t occur to me when I was first built it).  Tonight, I will continue…