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Call for Art | A Flowering of Hope
Hello Lightning Tamers! Good news was voted in as a new Committee Board Member of the Plasma Art Alliance, and today I’d like to share with you neon and plasma enthusiast a call for artist that I hope you all will share or participate in. We hope that you are staying as well as possible…
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Youtube | “Xenon Spider” – Alan Sailer
Hello Lightning Tamers! Video made by Alan Sailer, showing some plasma effects he had played with. He donated his manifold earlier this year. While he’s stepped away from Plasma, he’s still playing with vacuum but with other ideas in mind. He’s done some amazing photography projects using high speed cameras, you can see those…
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PGC Light Lab Update | Manifold Modification
Hello Lightning Tamers! It has begun! It’s time to put all this thinking into action, get in the studio, and make this happen. The last two months have given me time to focus on my next moves. The biggest hurdle being how to reconfigure design and make the modifications to the Vacuum Manifold. Let’s be…
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Plasma Thoughts |
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jun 15, 2020 at 7:59am PDT Hello Lighting Tamers! Just some plasma thoughts on the the Value of RePlay, Knowledge from Observation, Processing and decision making, Manifold,and other thoughts on plasma. From the quote heard from the Netflix Marvel series Luke…
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Pulled Points | Glass Color, Phosphors, and Plasma Aesthetics with Mundy Hepburn
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jun 14, 2020 at 5:13pm PDT Pulled Points highlights the value of replaying past episodes. Here I share something that completely slipped my mind when reviewing my outline for designing plasma sculpture. In episode 7, there’s a segment where Mundy talks about…
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BBC Discovery | Hertha Marks Ayrton – The Woman who Tamed Lightning
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EP 28: American Classic Neons with Tim Takacs
Hello Lightning Tamers! In today’s podcast we have American Classic Neons with Tim Takacs! Just in case there may be any concern, this podcast was recorded in early March 2020, prior to COVID-19 Pandemic. Thank you. Show Notes Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED www.lakeyinspired.com https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired…
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Artist Commission Template
I was recently working on a new contract for when I purchase in peer to peer markets such as Let Go, Craigslist, or Facebook Market trades. While I was working on that I talked about my experience with Commissions and was asked to provide the template that I currently use. This is a very simple…
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EP 27: Candice Watkins – Enlightened Arts
Hello Lightning Tamers! In today’s podcast we have Enlightened Arts with Candice Watkins, who had formerly worked with Neon & Illuminated Art, Sculpture & Site-Specific Projects, and currently works with organizing and promoting events in Columbus, Ohio. Just in case there may be any concern, this podcast was recorded in early March 2020, prior to COVID-19 Pandemic. Thank…
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-Mission Complete- Plasma Moose collab with Chris Ahalt: 3 year resolve
I finally finished the piece that began in 2017 in collaboration with Chris Ahalt at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. After three years I was able to resolve the capacitive or wireless electrode power!
