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, or History of Neon and Plasma. This was largely inspired by my love for audio books, and the podcast Optimal Living Daily Podcast that is centered around narration of articles and blog posts, with given permissions. So I thought I’d give it a shot to help fill in the gaps when interviews and discussions, and to be able to give life to content that most will not have seen otherwise. If you like audio books, then this will be something you'll like (though I'm no professional when it comes to voicework).
Most my time has been preparing for the Artist of the Month demo at Pittsburgh Glass Center. A mad dash as I try to produce and experiment with neon and plasma! I've been exploring the use of live streaming through facebook live, and below I'll share with you my recent studio session!
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Thank you, Percy Echols II Sorcerer Apprentice ⚡
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The Intro is boost by Jaokim Karud. Jaokim is a swedish artist who loves to produce chill and happy music, and does so for copyright free use. Be sure to support his music by giving credit when used, subscribing, and or by donation. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Soundcloud, and Spotify.
Images are linked to @jamesakers2 instagram
Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. We have many more guest to come, with future guests returning to expand on questions, practices, and a variety of subjects. I’d like to thank Pittsburgh Glass Center for supporting me as well as encouraging me to pursue this project, and The Plasma Art Alliance, whom many of my guests are connected through. Keep an eye out for next summer’s classes at Pittsburgh Glass Center as we work to provide a space for learning neon and plasma. Also, I’d like to thank James for taking the time to be a guest on the podcast, especially in the midst of his travels, and seltting in at Arlington, Texas. I wish him the best in his job search, and excited for what he makes next!
Feel free to send your questions to this email, share, and comment! Thank you, Percy Echols II Sorcerer Apprentice ⚡
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 gases used in both Neon and Plasma. There are three ways to augment color in Neon and plasma: 1. The colors produced by the gas and it it's mixtures 2. The color of the glass used 3. The use of phosphorescent pigments, that illuminate by UV produced by the ionized gases. Neon and Plasma Tubes and Sculptres are essentially gas filled vessels that are excited into an ionized state through high voltage electricity. Traditional neon, that is light work typical in neon signs will often use Neon, Argon, and mercury. Plasma Neon or Plasma Light, which can be tubing or free form blown glass, will often use krypton and xenon as part of it's mixture to give you the plasma globe visuals, with a comibination of other gases including Neon, Argon, Nitrogen, and Helium. Noble Gases
These Gases make up less than 1% of the air in our atmosphere with Nitrogen making up 78% and Oxygen 21% .
Refer to my post FAQS: Where do these gases come from? which includes a link on the idea that Xenon gases come from comments, and video on how these gases are separated from the air we breathe.
Almost forgot the include some videos from my friend Carl Willis. Carl is a Nuclear Engineer, and Health Physicist, who is someone who applies the physics of radiation protection for health and and health care purposes, but also a dabbler and maker of plasma tubes. Be on the look out for Carl Willis as guest on a future podcast!
Carl has a few videos on his youtube channel, they are very informational, and explains the content in his video clearly and in a way to easily digest what he's talking about. Enjoy!
In this video he talks about using Neon gas in a discharge tube, with other gas mixtures.
This video he talks about Kypton and gas mixtures using a iodine as a dopant, and how it is different than Xenon. I hope to cover more on that later, most addative can be dangerous to your health or damaging to your equipment if not handled with the utmost safety and care.
Feel free to send your questions to this email, as well as share and comment!
Thank you, Percy Echols II Sorcerer Apprentice ⚡ |
Image: Return to Hieroglyphics by James Akers
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Welcome to Taming Lightning, I'm Percy Echols II. I'm the creator and host of Taming Lightning, as well as the emerging plasma tech at Pittsburgh Glass Center, where I'm researching and developing a space to explore Plasma and Neon Light as an Artist Medium.
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