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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 cut short due to my internet connection being lost. (may need to consider upgrading my internet in the near future)
Hope you enjoy the Weekly⚡Picks!
Thank You, Percy Echols II Taming Lightning ⚡
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 II Taming Lightning ⚡
Thanks to Mrs. Lori Neu, the scientific glassblower at University of Pittsburgh for her personality, wisdom, and experience, in helping design, and fabricating what I need.
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There's a lot of different ways to solve it, when it comes to the workshop there's more to be explored. In the end I had to make a best decision for the workshop, and had cancelled my May Plasma Globe workshop. Reminder this is NOT the summer 5-day intensive taught by Wayne Strattman and Mundy Hepburn. I have to give myself more time to research to allow local novice patrons to experience Plasma at PGC. While is may not fit the format of a 2 day experience, it has potential for multi-week class structure. Hope you enjoy the Weekly⚡ Picks!
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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 dodads. His approach is especially unique in that he uses soft glass, such that seen in furnace glassblowing, to create life-sized plasma lamps and vessels, as well his use of neon torches for shaping hand pulled glass tubing, creating distinct forms and gestures.
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Without further ado, onto the podcast!
Show Notes
Intro Music: Boost by Joakim Karud
www.joakimkarud.com https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud www.patreon.com/joakimkarud |
- How Mundy began in Plasma
- Importance of standardizing plasma making process.
- How as MONA “This is Plasma” and the Plasma Art Alliance influence him.
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Tips
- When making large vessels you want to have your pressures around half atmosphere (at least 200-300 torr).
- Keep your arcs conductive
- Keep your pressures up
- The more gases, the more power you need.
- Learning to make your own electrodes, so you won’t be limited to neon electrodes. (tutorial later).
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Navigating the use of colored glass vs phosphor powders vs gas mixture
- If you want it to be pretty during the day when the light is not visible, use colored glass.
- Glass color will filter some of the light, so you’ve got play with it and experiment with mixing phosphors.
- How Mundy met Wayne?
Keep an eye out for more classes at Pittsburgh Glass Center as we work to provide a space for learning neon and plasma.
For more information on the 2- Night Neon and Plasma Globe workshop and Summer Intensive with Wayne Strattman and Mundy Hepburn, please check it out on the web at www.pittsburghglasscenter.org or call our studio at 412-365-2145.
See you next time!
Percy Echols II
Taming Lightning
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Let's have some fun exploring PLASMA!! Wayne Strattman and Mundy Hepburn will be bringing their plasma experience and incredible enthusiasm to teach the art of plasma for those of you who are interested in "lighting up your worlds!"
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