Author: PercyEcholsII

  • Podcast | EP 48: Return to Taming Lightning

    <p style=”display: none;”> <description>Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 48 and in this podcast returning to Taming Lightning, I’ll talk about what I learned during my hiatus both in plasma and career, update on the  podcast scheduled through the end of the 2022, and talk about What I’m doing now!  </p>  Hello Lightning Tamers! This…

  • Podcast | EP 49: Glass Quarterly n0. 163, LIT review

    Hello Lightning Tamers!This is episode 49 and in today’s podcast I’ll be reading a review on an exhibition I curated called LIT: Light in Transmission that was shown in Hodge Gallery at the Pittsburgh Glass Center last year in 2021 from February 5 and extended until July 28. This is the second exhibition I’ve curated…

  • Podcast | EP 50: Light in Transmission – On Curating and Critique with Vicky Clark

    Hello lightning Tamers!This is episode number 50. And in today’s podcast, recorded July 16, 2021 on the closing night for the Exhibition LIT: Light in Transmission, and I’ll be joined by Vicky A Clark to talk about her background as a independent curator, writer, and critic, as well as insights on the exhibition. Like I…

  • 2023 Workshop | A Glowing Potential with Percy Echols II & Harry Schwarzrock

      SESSION 3: TRANSCENDENTAL: TO A HIGHER STATEJuly 7-18, 2023   plasma, furnace glassblowing, intro to plasma Tuition: $3550.oo(Program fees cover instruction, shared dormitory housing, meals, and basic supplies.) <blockquote class=”instagram-media” data-instgrm-permalink=”https://www.instagram.com/p/CkoDYvkrCkM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading” data-instgrm-version=”14″ style=” background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% – 2px); width:calc(100%…

  • 2023 Workshop | The Light in the Trees with Kelsey Fernkopf & Steve Gilbert

    SESSION 1: ENVIROMENTAL: ENGAGING OUR ECOSYSTSTEMSMay 24-June 4, 2023​​THE LIGHT IN THE TREESNeon, Sculpture, Installation, Digital PhotographyTuition: $3550.oo(Program fees cover instruction, shared dormitory housing, meals, and basic supplies.) Together we will explore creative solutions to handling, installing, and documenting neon in the wild. Through the implementation of basic neon techniques and design, we will create site-specific installations…

  • New Glass Review 42 | Inspire (Neon Citrus)

    Hello World!I had received honor of being included in the Corning Musuem of Glass Magazazine, New Glass Review! “Echols presents a blown and carved lung that has been pumped with neon, krypton, and nitrogen gases. Aside from the technical accomplishments this piece represents, the idea of a cut and scarred lung, swirling with mysterious gases, is…

  • New Inventory | A Noble Sign Sew-on Patches!

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) Hello Lightning Tamers! It’s almost time for new episodes of taming lighting to come out!  Before hand, I’m here to announce that I’ve added Sew-on patches to my zazzle store! Similar to shirts I designed, I was looking to add some patches…

  • Pittsburgh Glass Center | Neon and Plasma Development

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@glass.percy) Hello World! It’s an early announcement, but I am no longer working at Swagelok Pittsburgh. After 3 months period, the door has closed, and another reopened.  The path that I’ve been chasing since I’ve moved to Pittsburgh is being reinforced. An I…

  • Chapter TWO x Notes – Plasma Guidelines for Vessel Structure, 2nd Edition

    Chapter TWO x Notes – Plasma Guidelines for Vessel Structure, 2nd Edition

    Hello Lightning Tamers!  Finally a year after I’ve finished the Intro to Plasma series collaboration with Ben Orozco from GEEX (Glass Education Exchange) I finally have a 2nd Ed update to Guidelines for Vessel Structure. As mentioned before “It’s hard to find a good way to share this knowledge without making the creative/fabricator/designer feel limited…

  • New Job | Swagelok Pittsburgh – Warehouse Associate

    Hello “World”, I don’t talk very much about myself or what I do, and even through social media, you’ll get fragments of glimpses of what I have been working on or working towards. For the last 4 years (That includes the ugliest parts of the covid 19 pandemic) I’ve been supporting myself by working in…

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