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Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence series: Percy Echols II
Percy Echols II is passionate about plasma or plasma neon, a process requiring the technical and artistic expressions of glass with the alchemical and scientific application of excited gases and specialized equipment used in neon. He is currently perfecting a mobile plasma lab at the Pittsburgh Glass Center to conduct demonstrations for the public. Soon he’ll be able to take…
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Exhibition | LIT: Light in Transmission – A neon and Plasma Exhibition
Funding for this exhibition was provided by The Fisher Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation; and Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, a joint program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments. Hours: Tues-Thurs 1pm-7pm, Sat 10am-4pm This exhibition is a survey of the diverse range of light art within the shared medium of both neon and plasma sculpture curated…
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Podcast | EP 36: Intro to Plasma – Chapter 3: It’s Lit: Chemistry of Collaboration
updated: 3/1/21 Added Online Communities & Collaborators Hello Lightning Tamers! In today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Ben Orozco for Chapter 3 of the Intro to Plasma series in collaboration with GEEX, the Glass Education Exchange. This series is an introduction for Glass Educators and Makers who are new to the process of Plasma,…
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Artist curates first neon, plasma exhibition at Pittsburgh Glass Center
LIGHT IN TRANSMISSION: A NEON AND PLASMA LIGHT EXHIBITION Light in Transmision, curated by Percy Echols II, is a survey of the diverse range of light art within the shared medium of neon of both neon and plasma sculpture. Percy Echols II is an artist, creator of the podcast “Taming Lightning” and PGC’s first recipient of…
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & LIT: Light in Transmission Exhibition
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@glass.percy) Hello Lightning Tamers! â Percy here! I’m excited about the exhibition at the @pghglasscenter Light in Transmission: a Neon and Plasma Light Exhibition! As an artist, I chose those who had impacted my creative process, education, and expanded my world view on the nearly…
