Taming Lightning
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome back or welcome to the Taming Lightning Podcast, I'm Percy Echols II. I'm the creator and host of Taming Lightning, as well as emerging Plasma Tech at Pittsburgh Glass Center, where I'm researching and developing a space for exploring Plasma and Neon Light.
Taming Lightning Podcast is a series of conversations to help expand our understanding of Plasma and Neon Light - looking beyond it's associations with novelty and sign making, and to explore the potential for Noble Gases as an artistic medium with each guest sharing their unique knowledge and experience.
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EP 58: Neon Glo with Adam Smo
February 22, 2024 15:00 - 58 minutes - 47.3 MBBlog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Adam smo: www.smoglass.com ig: @smoglasstx Support on Patreon.com/taminglightning Hello Lightning Tamers this is episode number 58. And in today's podcast, I'll be joined by Adam Smo Adam Smolesnky aka Adam Smo is a San Antonio-based glassblower known for working at the torch in borosilicate glass, he creates intricately detailed and colorfully crafted marbles, pendants, drinking glasses, pipes, and sculptures, and as of ...
EP 57: Kiln-formed Glass and Plasma with Mark Ditzler
January 26, 2024 15:00 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBBlog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Mark Ditzler: www.markditzler.com Support on Patreon.com/taminglightning In today's podcast, recorded July 2023, I'll be joined by Mark Ditzler. Who has been hospital in my visit to the seattle area, after the class I taught at Pilchuck this summer with Harriet Schwarzrock. Mark Ditzler is a trained industrial designer, ceramic artist, and self-taught fused glass expert based in Seattle. With over 30 years of experience, he c...
EP 56: A Conversation on Conservation with Suzanne Hargrove of the Toledo Museum of Art
December 21, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBEpisode Sponsored by FMS Sign Prodcuts , use promo code "LIGHTNING" for 10% off your first order. Blog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Patreon.com/taminglightning In today's podcast, recorded August 13th, 2023, I'll be joined by Suzanne Hargrove former Head of Conservation at the Toledo Museum of Art in a Conversation on Conservation. We met in February 2022 during my GAPP (Glass Artist Pavilion Project) Residency, and she had graciously set up ...
EP 55: Under Vacuum with Angie McHale ft. Pat Gadzinski
December 16, 2023 20:05 - 52 minutes - 42.5 MBEpisode Sponsored by Alta-Robbins Blog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning In today's podcast, recorded June 1st, 2023, I'll be joined by Angela McHale aka Angie aka Rose featuring Patrick Gadzinski. We just finishing up the week teaching at the Pittsburgh Glass Center in a class called Under Vacuum a Flameworking and plasma Intensive. We’ll get some insights into being an instructor or educator ...
EP 54: A Glowing Potential with Kate Herron
October 26, 2023 17:00 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBEpisode Sponsored by Alta-Robbins Blog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning This is episode number 54. And in today's podcast, recorded May 18th, 2023, I'll be joined by Kate Herron on the second to last day teaching a workshop at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion! We’ll talk with Kate and her experience making art through covid, what brought her to glass, Alfred University program and...
EP 53: From Furnace to Flame - Pulling Neon Tubes with Ethan Samaha ft. Zach Layhew
August 24, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBBlog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 53. In today's podcast, recorded April 8th, 2023, I'll be joined by Ethan Samaha AGAIN and this time featuring Zach Layhew, where we talk about Ethan’s most recent residency at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Here we talk about the application process for residency, Pulling Tubing for Neon: its challenges, Naviga...
EP 52: Emerging Light and Space Artist, Ethan Samaha
July 20, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBBlog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning Hello Lightning Tamers this is episode number 52. And in today's podcast, recorded Dec 2nd, 2021, I'll be joined by Light and Space Artist, Ethan Samaha. Ethan Samaha holds a BFA in Art + Design,a focus in Sculpture and Dimensional Studies, with minors in Performance Design and Technology and Dance, from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred Univer...
EP 51: Moore Tubes with Wayne Strattman
November 17, 2022 15:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBBlog: www.taminglightning.net Instagram @taminglightning Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 51. And in today's podcast, I'll be joined by Wayne Strattman, an innovator in lighted glass plasma technology, as an artist, designer, researcher, teacher, advocate, and author. Having recently published a new book called ‘The Art of Plasma: Creating lighted sculpture with gas, glass and electricity, Strattman r...
EP 50: Light in Transmission: On curating and Critique with Vicky Clark
November 03, 2022 14:00 - 48 minutes - 39.4 MBSupport on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 50. And in today's podcast, recorded July 16, 2021 on the closing night for the Exhibition LIT: Light in Transmission, I'll be joined by Vicky A Clark to talk about her background as an independent curator, writer, and critic, as well as insights on the exhibition. Thank you Vicky for your time on the podcast, your review, and your advice. I'd like to thank Pittsburgh...
EP 49: Glass Quarterly no.163 - LIT Review by Vicky A. Clark
October 27, 2022 15:00 - 13 minutes - 19 MBThis is episode 49 and in today’s podcast I’ll be reading a review on an exhibition I curated called LIT: Light in Transmission which was shown in Hodge Gallery at the Pittsburgh Glass Center last year in 2021 from February 5 and extended until July 28. This is the second exhibition I’ve curated the first being in 2017 an ISU Alumni exhibition from Glass Progam, and so I find this to be valuable to have documented thoughts and interpretations of what I’ve helped create. This goes double for...
EP 48: Return to Taming Lightning
October 24, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBHello Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 48 and in this podcast returning to Taming Lightning, I’ll talk about what I learned during my hiatus both in plasma and career, update on the podcast scheduled through the end of 2022, and talk about What I’m doing now! Support on Ko-fi.com/taminglightning and Patreon.com/taminglightning Music credits to the following artists in order of appearance: The Art of dying quote from Bruce Lee from Longstreet The opening theme -Taming Lightning...
2022 Hiatus - July to October
July 02, 2022 17:50 - 5 minutes - 4.64 MBMusic credits to the following artists in order of appearance: Preview - Sung Jin Woo Rap | "Arise" by Daddyphatsnaps The opening theme -Taming Lightning by Trav B. Ryan Credits - Walking by Ras-Hop Hello Lightning Tamers! This is not an episode. So in today's podcast, I’m going to give a little announcement about Taming Lightning going on a hiatus. YES, you heard that right a hiatus.I’ve officially planned for the hiatus to start July and to end in October, 2022. The rea...
EP 47: Thomas Zickuhr & Neon Lab
May 12, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBEpisode Sponsored by Glass Art Society and Fluxeon Shownotes on www.taminglightning.net Hello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 47, and I’m here with Thomas Zickuhr of Neon Lab and Neon instructor at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Thomas Zickuhr is a neon glass/mixed media artist based out of Madison Wisconsin and has been a neon glassblower for nearly 20 years, though has been an active artist his entire life. After finishing his degree in Fine Art/Sculpture from the Univer...
Ep 46: Ben Orozco - Neon as Systems Building
April 21, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBEpisode Sponsored by Glass Art Society and Fluxeon Shownotes on www.taminglightning.net Hello lightning Tamers this is episode number 46. And in today's podcast, I'll be joined by Ben Orozco. Ben has co-hosted on the podcast in theTaming Lighting x GEEX collaboration, a 4 part series called Intro to Plasma.Today Ben will be formally introduced as guest on Taming Lightning and we well be talking Neon as Systems building, the use of light to depict space, and neon as a design language. M...
EP 45: Plasma Design with Amy Lemaire
April 07, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBEpisode Sponsored by Glass Art Society and Fluxeon Shownotes on www.taminglightning.net Hello, Lightning Tamers! This is episode number 45! In today's podcast, I'll be joined by Amy Lemaire. The reason why I want to talk to Amy has been manyfold. I see my journey in hers, the multiple disciples and curiosities, to her involvement with pioneering plasma at Urban Glass, and her current development of plasma education at the Salem Community College Glass Program where she is surrounded by s...
EP 44: David Svenson - Path of Light from Alaskan skies to the Neon Shop
February 28, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBEpisode Sponsored by Ventex Technology, Glass Art Society, and Fluxeon. IG @sveneon Show Notes on Taming Lightning Website Hello lightning Tamers this is episode number 44. In today's podcast, recorded June 22, 2020, I'll be joined by David Svenson David Svenson was born in 1953 in Upland, California. He graduated from Pitzer College in 1980, and has been incorporating neon in his work since the mid 80s. Often using glass and neon as his dominant medium, his works are known to ex...
Ep 43: In the form of neon with Marta Beltowska
December 31, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBEP 43 is OUT! In the form of Neon Marta Beltowska www.martabeltowska.com IG @in.the.form.of.neon @mbeltowska Shownotes on Taming Lightning Website In today's podcast, recorded July 13, 2020, I'll be joined by Marta Beltowska “in the form of neon.” Marta Beltowska lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and works as a Video and STreaming Producer at a non-profit foundation called TRR. She graduated with a bachelor's in photography in 2014 at the University of Southampton in England and star...
EP 42: Harry 2.0 - Lights, Glass, and Phosphors
November 18, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBwww.taminglightning.net ig:@taminglightning Harriet Schwarzrock @harryschwarzrock This is episode number 42. And in today's podcast, recorded June 5th, 2021, I'll be joined by Harriet Schwarzrock for Harry 2.0 - Lights, Glass, and Phosphors. We’ll be taking this time to reflect on the recent virtual conference for the 2021 Glass Art Society, recent exhibitions, and projects, and overall plasma journey. Music credits to the following artists in order of appearance: Retro by ONE ...
EP 41: Neon Crash Course with Nikki Lau
November 04, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBwww.taminglightning.net ig: @taminglightning Nikki Lau www.nikkilauart.com ig: @lau.nikki Hello Lightning Tamers! In today's podcast, I'll be joined by Ceramic Artist Nikki Lau to talk about her recent residency at the Pittsburgh Glass Center with Crash Course in Neon as a participant in the upcoming exhibition Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art Craft, and Design and will be opening February 4th, 2022. The exhibition showcases visionary makers of color from around the countr...
EP 40: Glass Focus 1990 Interview of Paul Seide, ft. Zach Layhew
September 02, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBIn today's podcast I'll be joined by Pittsburgh Based - Glass Artist, Zach Layhew to read and review a 1990 Glass Focus Interview of Paul Seide. We talk about what Glass Focus was, and hear about the founder and Glass Collector, Beverly Copeland. "American artist Paul Seide has developed a unique type of glass sculpture which utilizes scientific and electronic technology along with a highly developed artistic sense. His famous neon sculptures are activated by transmitted radio signals, whi...
EP 39: Michael Flechtner - Drawing with Light
June 17, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBOn today’s podcast we have Michael Flechtner! As a child Michael Flechtner was fascinated with electricity, fire and colored light of all kinds. It could be the stained glass windows at church, his father testing the Christmas lights on Christmas Eve and the neon signage in his home town…adorning shop windows and local drive-ins and movie theatres. With Flechtner’s background in sculpture(BFA, MFA) , as he began to learn how to bend neon tubes, it became clear to him through litera...
EP 38: Wayne Strattman - Standing on the Shoulders of our Predecessors
May 20, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBHello Lightning Tamers! This episode number 38! In today's podcast, I have Wayne Strattman. Strattman’s work encompasses over 30 years of innovation in lighted glass plasma technology, as an artist, designer, researcher, teacher, advocate and author. Wayne has invented unique lighting technologies such as Luminglas- an interactive flat panel plasma light that Star Trek fans will recognize as the charging station for the Borg. While working on creating a plasma TV, he came up with a proce...
EP 37: Intro to Plasma | Chapter 4: Starting your Plasma Journey
April 15, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour - 160 MBApril 2021 | In the final chapter of this collaborative series, Percy Echols II discusses his journey to become an independent plasma maker, strategies for assembling a gas-filling manifold, and thoughts on accessibility, education, and advancing the field of plasma and glass. Created and hosted by Percy, the Taming Lightning podcast unpacks the alchemy of plasma and neon technology while interviewing glass artists, craftspeople, and scientists in the field. Welcome back, lightni...
EP 36: Intro to Plasma | Chapter 3: Chemistry of Collaboration
February 19, 2021 02:04 - 1 hour - 169 MBFeb. 2021 | In the third chapter of this collaborative series, Percy Echols II and Ben Orozco discuss filling and illumination. Created and hosted by Percy, the Taming Lightning podcast unpacks the alchemy of plasma and neon technology while interviewing glass artists, craftspeople, and scientists in the field. Welcome back, lightning tamers! In this collaboration with GEEX, Percy and Ben Orozco are producing a 4-part series for people new to the plasma process, introducing elements ...
EP 35 : Rusty Russo - Neon in Excellence
January 21, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBIn today's podcast, I have Rusty Russo, who has been working and developing his skills in the area of Illuminated Glass Tubing for over 30 years in which he’s acquired an expert level proficiency in glass fabrication, vacuum tube processing, system design, and construction, leak detection, technical support, packaging design, and technical writing. He’s also a Senior R+D Glass Blower for a Boston-based start-up specializing in energy-efficient inductively coupled soda-lime light bulbs. ...
EP 34: Tristan August - Plasma & Konstruktiv
December 30, 2020 00:12 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBHello Lightning Tamers! This episode number 34! In today's podcast, we have a recording from 2019 during the plasma with blown glass workshop taught at the Glass Factory in Boda, Sweden. I was invited to teach alongside Ed Kirshner and Jamie Guerrero, which was only made possible by the 2019 Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant. I wasn’t sure if I was going to release this episode, but seeing that we are halfway through the collaboration with Geex for the Intro to Plasma series, toda...
EP 33: Intro to Plasma |Chapter 2: Taking Shape
December 17, 2020 18:33 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBHello Lightning Tamers, In today's podcast, I'll be joined by Ben Orozco for Chapter 2 of the Intro to Plasma series in collaboration with GEEX, the Glass Education Exchange. The series is an introduction for Glass Educators and Makers who are new to the process of Plasma, as well as an introduction to Percy and his thoughts and experiences on learning about Plasma. So in Chapter 2, Taking Shape, we’ll be talking about the fundamental guidelines for creating your forms, aesthetic consi...
Chapter ONE X Notes: Inspiration, Tell-tale Truth, and Elements of Plasma
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHello Lightning Tamers and Welcome to Chapter X notes, These are bonus episodes to supplement the Taming lightning X Geeks collaborative series: intro to plasma, where I was inspired to expand on questions or topics from each episode. In this podcast I will address three topics from Chapter 1, the first being the inspiration behind my drive to learn about plasma, the story, and concept behind The Tell-Tale truth, and to expand on the elements of plasma to better transition into chapte...
EP 32: Chapter ONE X Notes: Inspiration, Tell-tale Truth, and Elements of Plasma
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHello Lightning Tamers and Welcome to Chapter X notes, These are bonus episodes to supplement the Taming lightning X Geeks collaborative series: intro to plasma, where I was inspired to expand on questions or topics from each episode. In this podcast I will address three topics from Chapter 1, the first being the inspiration behind my drive to learn about plasma, the story, and concept behind The Tell-Tale truth, and to expand on the elements of plasma to better transition into chapte...
EP 31: Taming Lightning x GEEX | Chapter 1: Plasma Primer with Percy
October 22, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBHello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 31, and in today’s podcast, I'll be joined by Ben Orozco in collaboration with GEEX, where our respective experience as plasma and neon artists, technicians come together to produce a 4 chapter series for glass educators and co-learners new to the plasma process introducing elements of plasma in an easy-to-apply format, while touching on my journey as a self-starter and alchemist. https://geex.glass/resources/taminglightning-podcast/ Donate...
EP 31: Intro to Plasma | Chapter 1: Plasma Primer with Percy
October 22, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBHello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 31, and in today’s podcast, I'll be joined by Ben Orozco in collaboration with GEEX, where our respective experience as plasma and neon artists, technicians come together to produce a 4 chapter series for glass educators and co-learners new to the plasma process introducing elements of plasma in an easy-to-apply format, while touching on my journey as a self-starter and alchemist. Donate to Support Taming Lighting x GEEX series Show Not...
EP 30: A Noble Quest: History of Noble Gases
September 19, 2020 03:52 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBThis episode is sponsored by The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowment in reception of the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant, and residency is hosted by the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello Lightning Tamers, this is ...
EP 29: Dalibor Farný x Nixie Tubes
July 24, 2020 04:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello, Lightning Tamers this is episode number 29. In today's podcast, we have Dalibor Farny! For those who don't know he's a small manufacturer of the world's largest nixie tube & Clocks in the Czech Republic. The reason I wan...
EP 28: American Classic Neons with Tim Takacs
June 05, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 28! In today’s podcast, we have American Classic Neons with Tim Takacs! Just in case there may be any concern, this podcast was recorded in early March 2020, prior to COVID-19 Pandem...
EP 27: Candice Watkins - Enlightened Arts
May 29, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 27. In today’s podcast we have Enlightened Arts with Candice Watkins, who had formerly worked with Neon & Illuminated Art, Sculpture & Site-Specific Projects, and currently works with ...
EP 26: Mundy Monday - DIY Electrodes and Gas Mixtures
April 28, 2020 23:34 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired This is episode 26 Monday with Mundy featuring a conversation about Mundy’s experimentation with making his own electrodes, and a recent iteration he’s been exploring using dumet wire and silicon aluminum welding wire.
EP 25: Bruce Suba - On Learning as much as you can, and MORE!
April 10, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In today’s podcast, I’ll be introducing Bruce Suba: scientific glass, neon, and plasma. Bruce and I have been in conversation for over a year or so, we met in person last year at the Plasma Parley hosted by Glas, Neon Art Studio i...
EP 24: Cork Marcheschi - Making Art that Lights You Up!
April 03, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In today’s podcast we have artist Cork Marcheschi, who background is numerous whether it be fine arts, sculpture, music, film, writing, neon, or plasma. His diverse use of materials in his artwork are often accompanied and or infl...
EP 23: David Wilson - Solar Powered Glassblowing, Glo Glass, and Plasma!
March 23, 2020 01:26 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In today’s podcast, we have David Wilson glassblower and owner of Atomic Solar for renewable solar energy. When it came to neon he was inspired by neon and furnace works of Paul Seide that he saw when visiting the Heller Gallery, w...
EP 22: David Johansen aka Neon Dave - Navigating Art and Craft
January 24, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In today’s podcast we have David Johansen aka Neon Dave in Portland, Main. Dave and I met during the 1st plasma class offered at the Pittsburgh Glass taught by Wayne Strattman and Mundy Hepburn. After following his work, I thought...
EP 21: Ashley Goodwyn - Adapting Neon and Plasma from Urban Glass
January 10, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud Outro Music: Zoned Out by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Hello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 21. In today’s podcast we have Ashley Goodwyn of Urban Glass, in the middle of her transition for Grad School at Wisconsin-Madison University. We recorded this back in July 2019, after she taught a neon workshop at Glass Axis. We’ll talk about her introduction to neon and plas...
EP 20: Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh: Plasma Light Art from Sweden to Boston, and Beyond!
December 13, 2019 05:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThis episode is sponsored by the The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowment in reception of the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant, and residency is hosted by the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED www.lakeyinspired.com https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello Lightning Tamers, this i...
EP 19 : Tommy Gustafsschiöld - The Last Neon Bender (in Scandinavia)
November 24, 2019 00:57 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud Outro Music: Zone Out by Joakim Karun www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Hello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 19! In today’s podcast we have Tommy Gustafsschiöld of Nordic Neon and Diod. He’s one of the last remaining Neon Shops in all of Scandinavia. We’ll hear about his beginnings and earlier life prior to neon, as well his recent explorations in making art whether it be a collaboration ...
EP 18: Steven Cole - 2nd Generation to the Next
September 20, 2019 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED www.lakeyinspired.com https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In Today’s podcast, we have Steven Cole an artisan of neon based in Melbourne, Australia, a master craftsman of 40+ years in this increasingly unique skill of glass bending Neon in both commercial and Artwork, who have in the last ...
EP 17: Inaugural Glas Plasma Parley
September 06, 2019 04:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBToday’s podcast will be a bit different, it’ll feature some of the participants in the Plasma Parley get together host by Neon and Art Studio Glas work in Raleigh by Nate Sheaffer and his crew Zach Willis and Danielle James, along with Bruce Suba on the lead and lathe demos by Mike G of Merge Scientific. This took place over the 4th of July weekend, and I could not think of any other way to celebrate than creating our own firework and sharing that experience among new and old friends. In ord...
EP 16 - Leo Tecosky
July 19, 2019 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired In today’s podcast we have Leo Tecosky. With a BA in Fine Art from Alfred University and an MFA from The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Tecosky teaches at studios and schools in Brooklyn, nationally and internationally. Leo...
EP 15: Ed Kirshner - Plasma Yoda
July 09, 2019 01:38 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBIntro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud Interlude Music: Flix and Chill by Joakim Karud Outro Music: The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED WWW.LAKEYINSPIRED.COM https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired www.patreon.com/lakeyinspired Hello Lightning Tamers, this is episode number 15, and In today’s podcast we have the Plasma Yoda, Ed Kirshner of Aurora Sculpture. He’s been working on in Plasma for roughly over 20+...
Plasma, Workshops, and Expectations
June 30, 2019 16:10 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBPlasma is so very layered in information and technique with varying fields of knowledge, and this is no different from any practice of any medium. The following are my thoughts after Blow and Glow Plasma workshop at PGC, the purpose of workshops, Navigating expectations with work made, and how to get the best out of your experience. Checkout www.taminglightning.net for more! Plasma Art Alliance www.plasmaartalliance.com Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com ...
EP 14: Danielle James | DJ Neon
June 07, 2019 16:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBHello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 14! In today’s podcast we have Artist and Maker Danielle James aka DJ Neon, who is currently based in Raleigh, North Carolina as an apprentice at Glas Studio. She is known for her series “signs of the times: a single lady’s life in neon” which draws the most memorable moments and online messages from the personal experiences of women using modern online dating services. We’ll hear about her artistic background in metals and jewelry, her Neon origi...
EP 13: Eve Hoyt - Evening Neon
May 19, 2019 18:59 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBHello Lightning Tamers! This is episode 13! In today’s podcast we have Philadelphia Artist Eve Hoyt of Evening Neon. Who began her journey in neon in late 80’s followed by several years working in the neon sign industry. Bored with making signs but in love with the medium of neon, she set up her own neon studio where she could be free to explore the possibilities of neon as an art form. Show Notes Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/j...