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ARTicle: FEATURED ARTIST: STEPHANIE SARA LIFSHUTZ
FEATURED ARTIST: STEPHANIE SARA LIFSHUTZ In the last room at the end of the Gallery’s studio wing, there’s a black curtain. Some visitors eye it with cautious curiosity, mentally debating whether or not the room is part of the show; others boldly pull the drapery aside and peer in. “WITH MOST OF THE WORK I…
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Weekly⚡Picks – Traveling to Venice, Italy
Hello Lightning Tamers! Getting things squared away and ready for my Trip to Italy, where I’ll be staying in Venice and taking part in an exhibition and attending the Glass Art Society Conference in Murano! Very excited and Anxious about the trip, as it will be my first time out of the country. It’s…
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Podcast EP 8: Harriet “Harry” Schwarzrock – Hearts and Minds
In Today’s Podcast, we’ll be talking with Harriet Swarzrock an Australian glass artist who has recently finished a residency at Canberra Glassworks where she explored the use of both plasma and neon in her work. I invited her on the podcast after seeing her posts on Facebook and Instagram. Initially hesitant to the invitation, but…
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Weekly⚡Picks – Noosphere
Hello Lightning Tamers! My first fill for this piece was last year, where I left the tubulation longer incase I wanted to change it. Well on Wednesday with the guidance of Mr. Mundy @mundymhepburn, Still limited to Neon and Argon gas, we were able to come up with something more interesting. I did apply some phosphors…
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ARTicle: Western Neon Lights Up Seattle
Rainier, Vita, Uncle Ikes & more: Western Neon lights up Seattle History is strewn around the room at Western Neon, and it’s nearly blinding. You can see it right as you walk up their front stairs: Caffe Vita, Rainier, the Seattle Sonics. In the back it’s the Seattle Homestead sign, waiting to be restored to…
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Weekly⚡Picks + Post-Production of EP 8
Hello Lightning Tamers! Just uploaded the Weekly Picks I posted on instagram from Wednesday! Also I did a short live video on Taming Lightning Facebook page, showing some of the Post-Prodcution work which invovles solo-recording of the introduction, updates, and outro, and later adding music. This is a short live video i did, which was…
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Mondo Neon Podcast – EP 1 Rich Flores
Hello Lightning Tamers! I’m not the only Neon Podcast anymore, I’m excited to share with you Mondo Neons First episode with Rich Flores, please checkout the link below. Max from Mondo Neon reached out to me on Instagran, and we both agreed to do a crossover episode in the future. Thank You, Percy Echols…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks – Upgrades!
Hello Lightning Tamers! This week I went ahead and persued some upgrades that I’ve been saving since I bought my second vacuum gauge. Vacuum Gauge adapter with valve Valve on the tubulation Arm Essentially, The Vacuum Gauge adapter allows me to add two gauges at the same port, a High Vacuum and a Low Vacuum guages.…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks – Gift of Failure
Hello Lightning Tamers! A little update on my troubleshooting for the Tech 22 L7020 plasma driver for the Plasma Globes that were made for the workshop. After crowd sourcing with the Plasma Art Alliance Facebook community, (which I’ve am very greatful for) we came up with a couple different solutions for this power supply and…
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Podcast EP 7 : Mundy Hepburn – Mad Scientist, Alchemist, and Luminous Glass Artist
In Today’s Podcast, we’ll be talking with Mundy Hepburn a luminous glass artist who has been making lights since 1976 with over 30 years of experience working in Plasma. In his work, he embraces his inner mad scientist and alchemist with his studio containing several different tanks of noble gases, tubing, valves, gauges, and other…
