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Weekly ⚡ Picks | July 2019 – 2 of 2
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EP 15: Ed Kirshner – Plasma Yoda
In today’s podcast we have the Plasma Yoda, Ed Kirshner of Aurora Sculpture. He’s be working on in Plasma for roughly over 20+ years. Inspired the natural occurrence of plasma, such as the aurora borealis, he’d creates air tight vessels using a glass solder technique with ready-made and productions glass object, or fabricated and collaborations with…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks | July 2019 – 1 of 2
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jul 3, 2019 at 3:25pm PDT Blow and Glow at @pghglasscenter Thanks to everyone that made this workshop happen, it’s was a great class with good people. Thank you Ed for sharing everything you could! Here are some, but not all explorations made…
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Plasma Sculpture | Electrodeless Solution: Conductive carbon and Silver Epoxy?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jul 1, 2019 at 1:47pm PDT This is short video showing Capacitive Coupling aka External Electrode (Electrode-less) option for Chris Ahalt’s ( @cha_glass ) Moose head sculpted back in 2017. Using Conductive Carbon paint and conductive Silver Epoxy as my first steps in finding…
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Vlogcast | Plasma, Workshops, and Expectations
updated: 6/30/19 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jun 18, 2019 at 11:55am PDT Plasma is so very layered in information and technique with varying fields of knowledge, and this is no different from any practice of any medium. The following are my thoughts after Blow and…
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EP 14: Danielle James | DJ Neon
Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 14! In today’s podcast we have Artist and Maker Danielle James aka DJ Neon, who is currently based in Raleigh, North Carolina as an apprentice at Glas Studio. She is known for her series “signs of the times: a single lady’s life in neon” which draws the most…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks | June 2019 – 1 of 2
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Resource | Plasma Globe Style Electrodes for Sculpture
Typical Plasma Globe Plasma Cherry – Ed Kirshner & Mitch LaPlante www.aurorasculpture.com A short clip from my Livestream on Facebook, where Gavin Tiernan of NP Signs chimmed on the discussion about external electrodes in plasma globes and talk about the missing ingredient; the conductive carbon coating known as Aquadag. Put simply all plasma globes are without an…
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2019 | Podcast Survey: How am I doing?
Hello Lightning Tamers! I’m in the midsts of editing the latest episode of Taming Lighting, and have created a little survey that I hope you will fill out to let me know how I’m doing. It’s a short survey of 10 questions, to help me understand what you think and want from Taming Lighting, both…
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Light in Hand: The Art of Plasma and Neon
GASnews just released their Spring 2019 magazine featuring the article Light in hand: The Art of Plasma and Neon written by Jamie Marie Rose featuring Sarah Blood, Amy Lemaire, and myself! The article focuses on three artists who work in the medium of plasma, neon or both, and arguing the value of one’s involvement and understanding of…
