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🔒Studio BTS | 3D Printed Electrode Protector, HV Lead Strain Relief, and a Mounting Hardware Idea
Behind the scenes on the Atupa Series: a 3D printed electrode protector doing triple duty — protecting the tip-off, acting as strain relief for the HV lead, and in some pieces, mounting hardware too. Plus a first look at where the next generation of my plasma work is headed: a return to electrodeless design. Full…
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BagelGen Mapped the Periodic Table in Plasma
A collaboration between TeslaCoilPro and Zerg Labs, BagelGen’s Periodic Table of Plasma photographs and films electrodeless induction discharges element by element — real emission spectra, not textbook line charts. It’s one of the best visual references I’ve come across for this kind of chemistry, and a good excuse to talk about why some of this…
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Helix Nebula: Iris van Herpen × Mundy Hepburn
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PAA April 2026 – Daniel McFarlan Moore: Pioneer of Plasma
The Plasma Art Alliance’s April meeting spotlights Daniel McFarlan Moore, an early pioneer whose gas‑filled “Moore Lamps” helped lay the groundwork for modern plasma light. Cary Rapaport, Wayne Strattman, and Dydia DeLyser trace how Moore’s engineering innovations and large‑scale luminous installations anticipated the aesthetics and technical foundations of today’s plasma art. His legacy reveals a…
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🔒Processing Dynamics: What’s Happening Inside the Tube Affects the Finished Product by Rusty Russo | Signs of the Times (sept 1999)
What’s really happening inside a neon tube during bombardment? Veteran glassblower Rusty Russo breaks down the science — ionization, viscous flow, molecular flow, and why your vacuum pump can be working hard while nothing is actually leaving the tube. His 1999 Signs of the Times article is now in the Taming Lightning Research Lab Library,…
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🆓Neon principles: the art of shaping light with neon by Randall L Caba
Neon Principles: The Art of Shaping Light with Neon by Randall L. Caba is a 227‑page foundational workbook on neon tube design, construction, and glassworking techniques. Published in 1992, it serves as a practical, technical guide for anyone learning or refining the craft of shaping light through traditional neon processes
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🆓Handbook of Electron tube and vacuum techniques by Fred Rosebury
Fred Rosebury’s Handbook of Electron Tube and Vacuum Techniques (1965). This volume is more than a manual—it’s a bridge between the physics of vacuum systems and the craft of building electron tubes. Rosebury meticulously documents methods for glass‑to‑metal seals, electrode fabrication, pumping strategies, and leak detection, while also providing practical guidance on materials and instrumentation.
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🆓 Vacuum Sealing Techniques by A. Roth
A. Roth’s Vacuum Sealing Techniques (1966) is a foundational text on the science of airtight seals in vacuum systems. Covering methods for glass, metal, ceramics, and polymers, Roth explores leak detection, design considerations, and applications in laboratories, electronics, and industrial research. This comprehensive resource remains essential for artists, engineers, and researchers working with plasma, neon,…
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🔒Crookes’ Radiometer and Geissler’s Light-Mill – Cooperation or Competition? Giinter Dorfel and Falk Müller
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🔒NEW WORK Summer-Fall 1985 | A conversation with Paul Seide by Joe Upham
