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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…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks – Moving Forward
Hello Lightning Tamers! Hope everyone got to check out the latest podcast episode with Mundy Hepburn! This week I was finishing and setting up work for a group exhibition as part of the Distillery 8 Artist Residency, where I’ll be showing my latest work based on my engraved glass series called Inspire. Pushing myself to…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks – Flame and Plasma
Hello Lightning Tamers! I taught my first 2-day workshop at Pittsburgh Glass Center for Plasma Globes, a first for PGC as a make-n-take Plasma Globe. Day 1, which focused on making our globes and shapes in the hot shop and adding the electrode. used transparent colors to make the globes look good during the day…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks + Neon Lab – Ready to Pump!
Hello Lightning Tamers! I just finished the final touches on the Neon Lab for next week’s 2-Night Plasma Globe Workshop .*phew* It was long long loooong road of learning about what was needed for the pumping and filling station (and balancing my efforts, art making, and podcasting on top of that.) Every system is different…
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Weekly ⚡ Picks + Plasma Recipes
Hello Lightning Tamers! I’ve been working on finishing some pieces for the Distillery Residency Exhibition next month, and I’ve close to finishing with each studio session! It’s crunch time as I work to ready the Neon Lab for Pittsburgh Glass Center’s first Plasma Globe Workshop! Final steps is securing a leak proof line for Neon…
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Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass | Pittsburgh Glass Center
Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass | Pittsburgh Glass Center The Ron Desmett Memorial Award for Imagination with Glass is for artists who think outside of the box, practice curiosity, and take risks to create unique, imaginative works in glass or incorporating glass.
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Weekly ⚡ Picks + Neon Lab Viewing Window
Hello Lightning Tamers! Latest Upgrade for the Neon Lab! Added an Acrylic Viewing Window, to this mysterious contraption. One the the comments I got often by my co-workers/staff at PGC is not being able to show people what’s inside. (which honestly didn’t occur to me when I was first built it). Tonight, I will continue…
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Coldworking: Engraving Blown Glass Lung
Hello Internet! A short facebook live video of me working on my latest Glass form, working through engraving and patterning on instinct. Mostly because it changes everytime I make a mark, and second to let my mind be free to work with out fear overwhelming my decisions. Enjoy! Percy Echols II
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BENEON – A Documentary about Ben Livingston – World Renowned Neon Arist
Hello Lightning Tamers! After surfing the interwebs last night, I spotted a post shared in one of the facebook groups I’m apart of, A little documentary on Ben Livingston, who’s work I’ve seen before, but didn’t have a name to. After watching the video and looking through work, what impressed me was the various ways…
