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…

  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%…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hello Lightning Tamers! Hello Lightning Tamers! This is not an episode. So in today’s podcast, I’m going to give a little announcement about Taming Lightning going on a hiatus. YES, you heard that right a hiatus. I’ve officially planned to start July and to end in October, 2022. The reason for this hiatus is well,…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) Hello Plasma Artists and Enthusiasts, Percy Here, a little reminder of The Art of Plasma Book Premiere, to celebrate the first book dedicated to the medium of plasma Sculpture, join us this Thursday, May 19th from 5 to 7pm at Spaceworks downtown…

Hello Lightning Tamers! I’m currently finishing up a new plasma piece. It’s something you’ve see me work on before! But now I have the work resolved. Making Plasma work can be quite pass/fail, executing the on an idea, and creating the form tends to happen expectedly in the  makes and breaks in glassblowing, but the…