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2024 Pilchuck | Flow State is the Sweet Spot: 3D Sketching with Neon with Leticia Maldonado
Join Leticia Maldonado at Pilchuck Glass School for Flow State is the Sweet Spot: 3D Sketching with Neon. This class will cover neon fundamentals, leading into freehand bending three dimensional shapes using a combination of references. Students should bring sketches, found objects, or any item whose essence you would like to translate into neon! Expect…
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2024 Pilchuck | Gestures in Breath + Light with Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez
Join Victoria Ahmadizedeh Melendez at Pilchuck Glass School for Gestures in Breath + Light! Students will devise ways for blown glass objects and neon light to interact, augment, inform and disrupt one another. Demonstrations on foundational techniques in neon tube bending and installation will accompany time spent in the hot shop, blowing glass and playing…
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2024 Pilchuck | Fancy Blinky Lightbulbs with Galen Turner
Join Galen Turner at Pilchuck Glass School where there is a will, there is a way. Students will develop and learn the skills needed to produce their projects in neon. Through demos and hands-on activities, we will cover the foundation of electrical wiring (and how not to be afraid of it), simple and effective methods…
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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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GASnews Call for Entry: The theme is “Glass Science”
We are asking for submissions for our Winter Issue for GASnews, the theme “GLASS SCIENCE” This could be about interesting features of glass, gas, neon, plasma, or technologies! a breadth of different topics Deadlines: Article Pitches due by October 22th Article + images due by November 20th Articles can be interviews with artists or designers,…
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UrbanGlass 2024 | Community’s Choice unveiling the plasma class Poll Results!
In other news, the votes are in! I’ll be preparing a Kiln Shop and Glass solder class at Urban Glass for summer 2024! I find glass solder or kiln-fired enamel as a glass solder is an excellent tool for attaching electrode and creative vessel forms in addition to glass-making skills be it furnace-blown, fused, and…
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Shipping Clarity: Understanding Freight Fees for Global Rare Gases at Taming Lightning
I’ve got a quick update for you, especially if you’re planning on purchasing gases at the Taming Lightning Store! At Taming Lightning, I believe in transparency and clarity when it comes to our offerings. Hence, I want to inform you about the freight fees associated with purchasing Global Rare Gases. Global Rare Gases used FedEx…
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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…
