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? Let’s Celebrate! Percy’s Birthday and Taming Lightning’s First Rare Gas Sale!

Exciting news to share – I’ve just celebrated our first Rare Gases sale at Taming Lightning! This is a major milestone for the blog turned podcast, and I’m thrilled to have you with me on this journey. I’d like to give a big shout-out to Jerry Jensen, a co-learner from my recent class at Pilchuck…

September 29, 2023

Store, updates
Design Insights: A Visual Guide to Geometry’s Impact on Gas Fills in Plasma Light Sculpture

Welcome to “Design Insights”! We’ll draw from Chapter 2 of the “Notes on Design Theory for Plasma Sculpture” to explore the various types of plasma discharges and filaments. Our focus will be on understanding how geometry plays a pivotal role in shaping the plasma with our gas fills within these sculptures. Through real-world examples and…

September 11, 2023

Intro To Plasma, Resources
Store | NEW ARRIVAL! Taming Lightning x Global Rare Gases

September 1, 2023

Store

Rare Gases
Motivation | Katabasis (Journey to the Underworld)

Reflecting on Katabasis… Sometimes I leave myself notes to read in the future. It’s like when a hero finds an ancient weapon or discovers a legacy. That previous owner’s fall had left a gift for the next hero to surpass them. Times are different, so are we. -Percy Echols II | April 24, 2020

August 22, 2023

Motivation
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…

August 21, 2023

Podcast