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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…
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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 – 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 + 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…
