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New Inventory | A Noble Sign Sew-on Patches!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) Hello Lightning Tamers! It’s almost time for new episodes of taming lighting to come out! Before hand, I’m here to announce that I’ve added Sew-on patches to my zazzle store! Similar to shirts I designed, I was looking to add some patches…
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New Glass Review 42 | Inspire (Neon Citrus)
Hello World!I had received honor of being included in the Corning Musuem of Glass Magazazine, New Glass Review! “Echols presents a blown and carved lung that has been pumped with neon, krypton, and nitrogen gases. Aside from the technical accomplishments this piece represents, the idea of a cut and scarred lung, swirling with mysterious gases, is…
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New Inventory | A Noble Sign Sew-on Patches!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) Hello Lightning Tamers! It’s almost time for new episodes of taming lighting to come out! Before hand, I’m here to announce that I’ve added Sew-on patches to my zazzle store! Similar to shirts I designed, I was looking to add some patches…
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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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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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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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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…
