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Podcast | EP 54: A Glowing Potential with Kate Herron
Hello Lightning Tamers this is episode number 54. And in today’s podcast, recorded May 18th, 2023, I’ll be joined by Kate Herron on the second to last day teaching a workshop at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion! We’ll talk with Kate and her experience making art through covid, what brought her to glass,…
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Podcast | EP 53: From Furnace to Neon – Pulling Neon Tubes with Ethan Samaha ft. Zach Layhew
This is episode number 53. In today’s podcast, recorded April 8th, 2023, I’ll be joined by Ethan Samaha AGAIN and this time featuring Zach Layhew, where we talk about Ethan’s most recent residency at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Here we talk about the application process for residency, Pulling Tubing for Neon: its challenges, Navigation color…
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Podcast | EP 52: Emerging Light and Space Artist, Ethan Samaha
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Apex Interview: Blowing Glass and Taming Lightning with Percy Echols II
In today’s interview, Jan sits down with Percy Echols II. Percy is a Pittsburgh-based Artist, Alchemist, and Educator who pioneers the development of Neon and Plasma Light Art at the Pittsburgh Glass Center and is the creator and host of the Podcast Taming Lightning.In this episode, Percy and Jan reminisce about where they were in their entrepreneurial journeys…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Podcast | EP 47: Thomas Zickuhr & Neon Lab
Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 47, and Iâm here with Thomas Zickuhr of Neon Lab and Neon instructor at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Thomas Zickuhr is a neon glass/mixed media artist based out of Madison Wisconsin and has been a neon glassblower for nearly 20 years, though has been an active artist his…
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Podcast | EP 46: Neon as Systems Building with Ben Orozco
Episode Sponsors Hello lightning Tamers! This is episode number 46. And in today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Ben Orozco. Ben has co-hosted on the podcast in the Taming Lighting x GEEX collaboration, a 4 part series called Intro to Plasma. So now Ben now formally introduced as guest on Taming Lightning and we well…
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Podcast | EP 45: Plasma Design with Amy Lemaire
Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 45. In today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Amy Lemaire. The reason why I want to talk to Amy has been many fold. I see my journey in hers, the multiple disciples and curiosities, to her involvement with pioneering plasma at Urban Glass, and her current development of…
