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Ethan Samaha | Light and Space Artist – Coming Soon!
Hello Lightning Tamers! Ethan is visiting here in Pittsburgh for the week and had reached out to meet up and talk about neon and plasma. I was working in the studio and suggested we’d meet at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. After giving a tour of PGC, and about 2 hours of nerding out about plasma…
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2022 Summer Workshop | Plasma Sculpture using Glass Solder with Ed Kirshner
Go beyond neon. Learn the magic of sculpture with light in glass forms using gas plasma. Capture the Aurora Borealis in a bottle! â This class is for anyone who would like to create glass sculpture with dynamic light using a uniquely developed glass solder. Experience with neon, plasma or glass is not required but…
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2022 Summer Workshop | BORDERLINE with James Akers (Pittsburgh Glass Center)
In this hot shop class, we will be learning both traditional neon techniques as well as a myriad of soft glass plasma techniques. By alternating between neon and plasma processes, we will blur the lines between these two related crafts. We will be making lots of things! Many of the techniques we will be covering…
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Podcast | EP 42: Harry 2.0 – Lights, Glass, and Phosphors
This is episode number 42 an inn today’s podcast, recorded June 5th, 2021, I’ll be joined by Harriet Schwarzrock for Harry 2.0 – Lights, Glass and Phosphors. Weâll be taking this time to reflect on the recent virtual conference for the 2021 Glass Art Society, recent exhibitions, and projects, and overall plasma journey. The Plasma…
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Podcast | EP 41: Neon Crash Course with Nikki Lau
In today’s podcast I’ll be joined by Ceramic Artist Nikki Lau to talk about her recent residency at the Pittsburgh Glass Center with Crash Course in Neon as a participant in the upcoming exhibition Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art Craft, and Design and will be opening February 4th, 2022. The exhibition showcases visionary makers of…
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Slides | The Making of: Inspire (Neon Citrus), 2021
Hello Lighting Tamers! I was finishing up the application for the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award, and decided to a do livestream on instagram as worked on it. Unfortunately some of the music I was using got flagged so the video might be blocked. Anyways, these slides are just simplified walkthrough on how I…
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Exhibition | Gathered Locally
A 20th Anniversary, Celebratory Exhibition Featuring Amazing Local Glass Artists Since opening in 2001, over 50 artists have moved to Pittsburgh to live and make their art at Pittsburgh Glass Center. They join our existing community of professional and aspiring glass artists that teach and take classes at PGC each year. Together they make up…
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LIGHTEATER | a portrait film of neon by Michael Gugger
Director. Michael Gugger DOP. Jesse Mazuch Camera Assistant. Ashton Green Production Assistant. Nico Serban Editor. Nicolas Dusollier Sound & Music. Ethan Houser Colorist. Delfina Mayer Neon Bender. Thomas Wendler Voice. James Turrell Title Design. Bella Conlan LIGHTEATER, a metaphysical exploration of light featuring neon bender Thomas Wendler and the thoughts of light artist James Turrell.…
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Livestream | Plasma Design IV – Phosphors & Glass Solder
Hello Lightning Tamers! âIn this Session, I show how and why I chose the phosphors for this piece, as well a my use a DIY glass solder, formulated by Ed Kirshner, and what adjustments and errors I’ve created and corrected! –Percy Echols II, Taming Lightning ————————————————————————————– Follow along as I walk-through making a plasma light…
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Livestream | Plasma Design III – Modeling Hardware & Preparing Vessel to solder electrode
Hello Lightning Tamers! Here I follow up in the hardware design for this piece and share what I did to prepare the vessel to solder the electrode via coldworking. coldworking: the collective term for the many techniques and tools used to alter or decorate glass when it’s cold (at room temperature). – Corning Museum of Glass ex.…
