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Gaytron the Imploder: Tacoma’s Electric Neon Man
Hello Lightning Tamers! A nice article about Galen Turner, a Neon Artist in TAcoma and Electrically defying Daredevil, Gaytron the Imploder! Galen and I met during my first Plasma Neon class at Pilchuck glass school, he was the technician for Pat Collentine’s Class in 2014, and plan to schedule him for the podcast soon!…
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99% invisible: Tube Benders
Tube Benders – 99% Invisible The skyline of beautiful downtown Oakland, California, is defined by various towers by day, but at night there is one that shines far more brightly than the rest: the neon-illuminated Tribune Tower. 99percentinvisible.org Sign Up below for Updates and Notifications! * indicates required Email Address * Full Name
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11/8/17 – Weekly ⚡ Picks
Hello Lightning Tamers, On my instagram account @taminglightning, I’ve been liking and saving images and video on neon and plasma of all sorts. After building up a heafty collection, I’ve started re-posting and sharing those works. Taming Lightning is a growing project from blog to podcast, video to classes, and beyond. If we can think of…
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11/3/17- Weekly ⚡ Picks
Hello Lightning Tamers, I’m round out the final touches on the next podcast episode soon to be released by Sunday Evening, as a teaser I’ll share with you what that’s about. It’ll be a little different from the normal episodes, where I’ll be reading articles that I find on the subject of Neon and Plasma…
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NEW! Neon and Plasma Globes Workshop
Hello Lightning Tamers, It’s official! I’ll be teaching a 2 Night workshop at Pittsburgh Glass Center on Neon Plasma Globes. This is an entry level hands-on workshop for those interested in the process. It’s geared primarly towards those in the Pittsburgh areas, Stay tuned for updates on summer classes and 8 wk classes. NEW! Neon…
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Coming Soon! 2018 Workshops and Classes
Spring 2018: Hands-on Plasma Globe A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Oct 16, 2017 at 10:29am PDT A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Oct 16, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT Plasma Globe fill demo at @pittsburghglass , a teaser for beginner/newbie hand-on on plasma neon workshop I’m developing for Pittsburgh Glass Center…
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Artist of the Month @ Pittsburgh Glass Center
Featured Artist of the Month | Pittsburgh Glass Center One of the most influential and impactful moments in his academic career was a trip he organized with the ISU Glass Club which later became the Gather Glass Club. They visited various studios including: Fire Nation Glass Studio, Toledo Museum of Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and…
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Update: Facebook Live + Artist of the Month at Pittsburgh Glass Center
Hello Lightning Tamers! It’s been a while since my last post. So what’s going on? well, I’ve been working on a new segement for the next podcast of Taming Lightning, something a little different called Speakable. Think of speakable as Audiobook for content, be it articles or blog posts that relate to the Art, Science,…
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Podcast EP3: James Akers – Waver and Hacker Artist
In today’s podcast we’ll be talking with James Akers a Neon Sculptor and self-proclaimed Waver and Hacker Artist. images from James Akers facebook account James is an artist, educator, and mad scientist who has a explosive approach to making. Graduating from Alfred University with a BFA in 2015, he is constantly thriving for change, and…
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FAQS: Color of Gases used in Plasma and Neon
Hello Lightning Tamers! Podcast episode are long in between, to fill that time between each release, I’ve started to approach a list of question I’ve been asked, or have for myself to help us learn about Plasma/Neon. So one of the basic things we will look at in today’s post are the colors produced by individual…