Taming Lightning

Hello Lightning Tamers, On my instagram account @taminglightning, I’ve been liking and saving images and video on neon and plasma of all sorts. After building up a heafty collection, I’ve started re-posting and sharing those works. Taming Lightning is a growing project from blog to podcast, video to classes, and beyond. If we can think of…

Tube Benders – 99% Invisible The skyline of beautiful downtown Oakland, California, is defined by various towers by day, but at night there is one that shines far more brightly than the rest: the neon-illuminated Tribune Tower. 99percentinvisible.org Sign Up below for Updates and Notifications! * indicates required Email Address * Full Name

Hello Lightning Tamers! ​ A nice article about Galen Turner, a Neon Artist in TAcoma and Electrically defying Daredevil, Gaytron the Imploder! Galen and I met during my first Plasma Neon class at Pilchuck glass school, he was the technician for Pat Collentine’s Class in 2014, and plan to schedule him for the podcast soon!…

Hello Lightning Tamers, On my instagram account @taminglightning, I’ve been liking and saving images and video on neon and plasma of all sorts. After building up a heafty collection, I’ve started re-posting and sharing those works. Taming Lightning is a growing project from blog to podcast, video to classes, and beyond. If we can think of…

Hello Lightning Tamers, I’m round out the final touches on the next podcast episode soon to be released by Sunday Evening, as a teaser I’ll share with you what that’s about. It’ll be a little different from the normal episodes, where I’ll be reading articles that I find on the subject of Neon and Plasma…

Hello Lightning Tamers, ​It’s official! I’ll be teaching a 2 Night workshop at Pittsburgh Glass Center on Neon Plasma Globes. This is an entry level hands-on workshop for those interested in the process. It’s geared primarly towards those in the Pittsburgh areas, Stay tuned for updates on summer classes and 8 wk classes. NEW! Neon…

Spring 2018: Hands-on Plasma Globe  A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Oct 16, 2017 at 10:29am PDT A post shared by Percy Echols II (@taminglightning) on Oct 16, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT Plasma Globe fill demo at @pittsburghglass , a teaser for beginner/newbie hand-on on plasma neon workshop I’m developing for Pittsburgh Glass Center…

Featured Artist of the Month | Pittsburgh Glass Center One of the most influential and impactful moments in his academic career was a trip he organized with the ISU Glass Club which later became the Gather Glass Club. They visited various studios including: Fire Nation Glass Studio, Toledo Museum of Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and…

Hello Lightning Tamers! It’s been a while since my last post. So what’s going on? well, I’ve been working on a new segement for the next podcast of Taming Lightning, something a little different called Speakable. Think of speakable as Audiobook for content, be it articles or blog posts that relate to the Art, Science,…