Hello Lighting Tamers! I was finishing up the application for the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award, and decided to a do livestream on instagram as worked on it. Unfortunately some of the music I was using got flagged so the video might be blocked.  Anyways, these slides are just simplified walkthrough on how I…

A 20th Anniversary, Celebratory Exhibition Featuring Amazing Local Glass Artists  Since opening in 2001, over 50 artists have moved to Pittsburgh to live and make their art at Pittsburgh Glass Center. They join our existing community of professional and aspiring glass artists that teach and take classes at PGC each year.  Together they make up…

Director. Michael Gugger DOP. Jesse Mazuch Camera Assistant. Ashton Green Production Assistant. Nico Serban Editor. Nicolas Dusollier Sound & Music. Ethan Houser Colorist. Delfina Mayer Neon Bender. Thomas Wendler Voice. James Turrell Title Design. Bella Conlan LIGHTEATER, a metaphysical exploration of light featuring neon bender Thomas Wendler and the thoughts of light artist James Turrell.…

Hello Lightning Tamers! ​In this Session, I show how and why I chose the phosphors for this piece, as well a my use a DIY glass solder, formulated by Ed Kirshner, and what adjustments and errors I’ve created and corrected! –Percy Echols II, Taming Lightning ————————————————————————————– Follow along as I walk-through making a plasma light…

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…