Thank you for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. I’d like to thank David Johansen for taking the time to record for the podcast. I certainly learned more about his practice and some interesting insights on navigating his art along side craft. 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

This episode is sponsored by the The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowment in reception of the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant, and residency hosted by the Pittsburgh Glass Center.

Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. I’d like to thank Simone Traub the marketing Intern at Pittsburgh Glass Center for accepting my suggestion for a podcast recording of the interview for her article. She’s done a great job summarizing everything from the interview, so I hope you check that out as well. Also, I'd like to thank Pittsburgh Glass Center for the opportunity, and for supporting me as a place of research and inspiration. Plasma Art Alliance where I have access to the well of knowledge and connects me to some amazing and supportive people. Of those people I like mention a few: Pat Collentine for putting me on this journey, and organizing our inaugural Plasma Art Alliance Conference. Ed Kirshner for providing the opportunity to learn and teach with him in Sweden. Mundy Hepburn for his boundless energy and wisdom in Plasma. Wayne Strattman for laying down the decades of ground work and endless experimentation. And lastly my fellow plasma apprentices Aaron Ristau and Harriett Schwarzrock. All of this would not have been feasbile with out the support of the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant provided by The Pittsburgh Foudation and The Heinz endowment.

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-Percy | Taming Lightning

If you are interested in plasma and want to get hands-on experience with this unique medium, I will be teaching two classes at PGC this summer alongside Ed Kirshner and Pat Collentine. From June 22-26 of 2020, Ed and myself will run the “Plasma Vessels Using Glass Solder” class, where you can learn how to use a unique soldering technique to repurpose existing glass objects into beautiful plasma artworks. This class is open to all skill levels from beginners to experts, and from August 3-7  with Pat we will be teaching the class “It's All About The Light,” a class for beginners exploring and expanding ways to makes from vessels for plasma in the Hot shop. 

By the time this podcast is released I will have traveled to Sweden as part of the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant, where I had the opportunity to visit and travel with Tommy to The Glass Factory Boda. Here I assisted and taught a hot shop and plasma class with Ed Kirshner and Jaime Guerrero, where took what we learned from our class taught in Pittsburgh last year, essentially Blow and Glow 2.0. I also participated in the conversation for setting up neon and plasma for the Glass Art Society Conference in May 2020, where I will be one of the presenters.

I’d like provide a quick mention for the Advancing Black Arts Grant, as it would not have been possible for me to travel without the support of this Grant and that of the Pittsburgh Glass Center for hosting my residency. ​

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Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. I’d like to thank Tommy Gustafsschoild for his taking time out of his busy schedule to record for the podcast,his generous support, and offer to drive me down to the Glass Factory and lending a hand in helping plasma and neon grow. 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 and supportive people.
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-Percy | Taming Lightning

Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. I’d like to thank Glas and the participants at the Plasma Parley for being such great host and giving with their time and feedback, and to Steven Cole for taking time to record for the podcast. It was thanks to his support and encouragement that I even recorded for the Plasma Parley at all. I travel with my equipment in tow, but still hesitated to put out the suggestion. Even with all that I’ve done so far, I can be intimidated by the process. But like with anything once you get rolling it doesn’t matter how you start.

-Percy | Taming Lightning 

Thank You for listening to the Taming Lightning Podcast. I’d like to thank Glas work and the participants for being such great host and giving wither their time and feedback. I have left out some other participants such as Bruce Suba and  Steve Cole, as I’d like to get back to them for their own standalone episode, and would love to revisit Nate after he’s had sometime working and playing with plasma, to see where they are grown. 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.

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