Taming Lightning

Hello Lightning Tamers! ​ I Checked out Swagelok to exchange the parts I ordered, turns out I made a simple mistake when measuring the connections, and found that in Plumbing 1/2″ is actually 1/4″ when it comes to threading. The people at Swagelok Pittsburgh were nice and helped me get the right parts. While I…

Hello Lightning Tamers! Sorry for the late upload for the weekly Picks! I also want to share with you a live stream video I took while I worked on the Neon Lab on Thursday. It in this stream I’m work on replacing parts in the system that transfer the gas from the tank to the…

Hello Lightning Tamers! Weekly Picks are way to show various artists and makers working in neon and plasma, to see the diversity in their use of neon in their practice, and of course the cool things they do with it. Hope to be able to bring you more than the podcast and Picks in the…

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…

For the past two weeks I’ve been working with Artists Matthew McCormack and Dr. Jenn Figg on thier latest public art sculpture. From dripping glass drops to pulling clear rods. Today we took a short break from the hot work, and weking into the coldshop to Mark, Chop, Smash, Grind, Clean, and Box the collection…

Hello Lightning Tamers! I’m sharing with you a blog post by Mery Pataky, she’s an artist that uses neon in her work is ways that are outside of of a convential setting,  as well as a curator and promotor of wemen Neon Benders and Artists. Check out her recent post aobut LED and Neon, regarding…

Hello Lightning Tamers! Just a reminder, the weekly Picks are way to show various artists and makers working in neon and plasma, to see the dirversity in there use of neon in their practice, and ofcourse the cool things they do with it. Hope to be able to bring you more than the podcast and…

Hello Lighting Tamers! I talked with Mundy Hepburn tonight about the class he’s teaching with Wayne Strattman this summer, we have reschedule to record his episode this week, so be on the look out for the next Podcast episode next month. Now onto this week’s Weekly ⚡ Picks! ​ #weekly⚡picks #TamingLightning⚡ @n8tastic @markbeattie_art @scottyoung11 @rachel_a_rader @nickmalyonneon…

Hello Lighting Tamer! So far the sound booth I setup at the Brew House Association’s Distillery Studios is working well. I’ve also begun to use it as a space for my work with electronics (saves my kitchen table from any unecessary burns or scratches).   A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Jan 12,…