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Pittsburgh Glass Center | Neon and Plasma Development
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…
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Chapter TWO x Notes – Plasma Guidelines for Vessel Structure, 2nd Edition
Hello Lightning Tamers! Finally a year after I’ve finished the Intro to Plasma series collaboration with Ben Orozco from GEEX (Glass Education Exchange) I finally have a 2nd Ed update to Guidelines for Vessel Structure. As mentioned before “It’s hard to find a good way to share this knowledge without making the creative/fabricator/designer feel limited…
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New Job | Swagelok Pittsburgh – Warehouse Associate
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…
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2022 Hiatus – July to October & Latest Updates
Hello Lightning Tamers! Hello Lightning Tamers! This is not an episode. So in today’s podcast, Iâm going to give a little announcement about Taming Lightning going on a hiatus. YES, you heard that right a hiatus. Iâve officially planned to start July and to end in October, 2022. The reason for this hiatus is well,…
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The Art of Plasma Book | Now available for online order!
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…
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Podcast | EP 47: Thomas Zickuhr & Neon Lab
Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 47, and Iâm here with Thomas Zickuhr of Neon Lab and Neon instructor at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Thomas Zickuhr is a neon glass/mixed media artist based out of Madison Wisconsin and has been a neon glassblower for nearly 20 years, though has been an active artist his…
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New Work! | Atupa (Lime Light), 2022
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…
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Event | Book Premiere – Wayne Strattman’s: The Art of Plasma
Since 1971, the Glass Art Society has been using the joy of glass to connect, inspire, and empower all facets of the global glass community. From the early days of the American studio glass movement to the upcoming United Nations International Year of Glass, GAS continues to foster connections across generations, disciplines, and borders. Join them…
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Podcast | EP 46: Neon as Systems Building with Ben Orozco
Episode Sponsors Hello lightning Tamers! This is episode number 46. And in today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Ben Orozco. Ben has co-hosted on the podcast in the Taming Lighting x GEEX collaboration, a 4 part series called Intro to Plasma. So now Ben now formally introduced as guest on Taming Lightning and we well…
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Podcast | EP 45: Plasma Design with Amy Lemaire
Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 45. In today’s podcast, I’ll be joined by Amy Lemaire. The reason why I want to talk to Amy has been many fold. I see my journey in hers, the multiple disciples and curiosities, to her involvement with pioneering plasma at Urban Glass, and her current development of…
