Tecosky creates sculpture and installation using found and constructed elements.  He has a diverse range of glassmaking technique be it sharp and precise hot-sculpted arrows, crisp and clean collage of screen printed Islamic and architectural patterns, and light bending graffiti with neon.

I was fortunate to record this episode with him at the end of teaching a summer Intensive at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. We had touch base on instagram prior to meeting, and I’ve been itching to seed the potential for exploration with plasma in his hot sculpted shapes. Recorded shortly after Ed Blow and Glow class we discuss what techniques we would employ to make his shape work for plasma. ​

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I'd like to thank Leo Tecosky  for taking the time to record for the podcast, teaching these summer intensives can take a lot of out ya with so much packed into a 5 day session. I’m excited to explore plasma with Leo’s shapes using Ed Kirshners Glass solder technique. Before that happens I’ve got some work to do in order to provide a consistent working recipe.  Also, I'd like to thank Pittsburgh Glass Center for supporting me as a place of research and inspiration, as well as encouraging me to pursue this project and to help bring in these artists and instructors to help build and spread their knowledge, and the Plasma Art Alliance where I have access to the well of knowledge and connects me to some amazing people.

See you next time!

-Percy | Taming Lightning

We’ll talk about Kirshner’s background pre-glass, where he’s studied architecture and sculpture at Cornell University, the University of California, Berkely, and the Oskar Kokoschka School in Austria. Having work represented in the US and internationally we’ll talk about his current work and projects,  Teaching and the Blow and Glow Class at Pittsburgh Glass Center, and his thoughts on the future of Plasma and the Plasma Art Alliance. ​

images courtesy of Ed Kirshner at www.aurorasculpture.com

Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast.

I'd like to thank Ed Kirshner  for taking the time to record for the podcast, and for his openness in sharing his knowledge. It was great experience working with him and Jaime for the Blow and Glow class, by seeing another process and working with him closely there’s just so much you can learn. He’s open to questions so be sure to reach out to him. You’ll find his contact information on his website at www.aurorasculpture.com Also, I'd like to thank Pittsburgh Glass Center for supporting me as a place of research and inspiration, as well as encouraging me to pursue this project and to help bring in these artists and instructors to help build knowledge for running plasma at Pittsburgh Glass Center, and the Plasma Art Alliance where I have access to the well of knowledge and connects me to some amazing people.

-Percy | Taming Lightning

Blow and Glow at @pghglasscenter 
Thanks to everyone that made this workshop happen, it's was a great class with good people. Thank you Ed for sharing everything you could!

Here are some, but not all explorations made by students in the class.

This is short video showing Capacitive Coupling aka External Electrode (Electrode-less) option for Chris Ahalt's ( @cha_glass ) Moose head sculpted back in 2017. Using Conductive Carbon paint and conductive Silver Epoxy as my first steps in finding a solution. As well as notes from Harriet Schwarzrock ( @harryschwarzrock) own mounting solutions. The will use of PC7 epoxy and hardware. This video will also be demonstrating and testing Neon21 and tech22 L7020 plasma transformers for the correct fit.

It brings a crucial point on making work for plasma which takes quite a bit of foresight. You must have mounting and finishing for the piece in mind when you start or you'll have to spend more time on the back-end to design something from scratch.

Thank you for watching!

​Percy | Taming Lightning

Materials used:

• Conductive Carbon Paint - Semicro Aquadag E
• ​MG Chemicals 8331 Silver Epoxy Adhesive - High Conductivity
• Information Unlimited - Neon21
• Tech22 L7020 (must call or email to order)