Taming Lightning LLC

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…

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,…

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! Podcast episode are long in between, to fill that time between each release, I’ve started to approach a list of question I’ve been asked, or have for myself to help us learn about Plasma/Neon. So one of the basic things we will look at in today’s post are the colors produced by individual…

Every year Pittsburgh Glass Center asks for art donations for their annual fundraiser. Without the support of these artists, we could not provide access to world-class glass art and artists, excellent education, and state-of-the-art resources that inspire artistic expression. In appreciation, we have created the opportunity for artists who donate to the Art on Fire Auction to…