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Percy Echols II

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🎨Artist⚗Alchemist📚Educator
🚀Pioneer @pghglasscenter for Plasma and Neon Art l🎙️Host @taminglightning Podcast⚡@plasma_art_alliance Committee Member

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Went out to the @pghglasscenter to pull tubes for @alissaeee where she took all this good footage of @glass.percy and I doing Tube pulls on the rooftop while the sun set on us. It was really a magical session, we pulled a ton of grey and black tubes, and closed out the night with a deep green. I was really locked in and pulled about 700 ft. of useable neon tubing all consistently in the range of 8-12mm in diameter as requested.

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Throwback to @taminglightning stealing fire intensive week at @pghglasscenter ❤️‍🔥
It was such blast being @glass.percy ‘s TA and filling everyone’s pieces on Prometheus ⚡️
Here are some shots from @porterloves of me at the manifold filling @wesleybull.www orb 🔮✨
#plasma #glassart

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Earlier this summer I got to take an intensive class at @pghglasscenter on learning how to pump hollow glass vessels with plasma. Big thanks 2 @glass.percy and @chibitglass for the wealth of knowledge and assistance :) and @z.berlin for helping document dis work! That’s all xoxo

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All hail the contraption! We seem to be making g some progress. It thank you to @zlayhew for being so skilled (and calm) leading this endeavor and for the expert help of @glass.percy and @wesleybull.www today! Also thanks to @theresajorgensen for her advice and orgnaizing. Thanks to @pghglasscenter and the @westmorelandmuseum for their support. Fingers crossed for a new work soon!

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My #plasma cacti series with torchworked glass. It's been a new way of creating interactive art. I've already moved up in scale and I'm excited to see where else this series takes me.

photographs taken @samueljjake
Plasma fills @glass.percy
electrical work @saltymanlovesfrida

#glassart #plasmaart #interactivesculpture

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We can’t believe Session 4 is already over and we are officially halfway through our 2026 summer program! 😱

Thank you to all of the students, Guest Artists, assistants, Artists in Residence and staff that helped us make Pilchuck history this session! ❤️ We hope to see you all again soon.

#pilchuckglassschool #craftschool #artworkshop #glassart #pacificnorthwest

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𝙉𝙀𝙊𝙉 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙀𝙇𝘿 @ Pilchuck Glass School
Session 4: Mixed Metaphors (Jun 22-Jul 3, 2026)

For my first course teaching at Pilchuck, we foraged for sticks from the wilderness, wired our own battery powered mobile transformers and lit up the night with our glowing forms. All in 12 short days!

Overjoyed to see old friends and enthused to make so many more 🌲 No place like it on earth. Thank you, @pilchuckglassschool @michael.endo @rayafriday and the whole crew up there in the glass forest.

Look out for the 2027 summer session release date Jul 11!

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My time @pilchuckglassschool Session 4 was once again a real treat this year.

I had an absolute blast learning the intricacies of flat-panel plasma sculpture from @markditzlerglassstudio and @glass.percy with tireless support from TAs @gaylaleeglass and @re_searchlab

1-2: Krypton kite (luminglass-type plasma sculpture modeled after a Penrose kite, krypton fill w/ glass beads)
3: Campus is beautiful as ever
4-6: Process shots of Kr kite
7-8: Process shots of opaline dream
9-11: Opaline Dream (flat panel plasma w/ Bullseye opaline glass and Ne/Kr fill)
12-14: Had a fun time assisting @zucchininoodlesandbeef and @manologlass for Mark and Percy's gaffer slots working on forms for plasma sculptures
15-16: Pulled my first ever vitreographs (prints from a glass plate) with the generous assistance of @ryeglass
17: Radiant Horizons class photo
18: Bonus shot of Frit (campus mouser)

So many more photos and things to think about as I head back to PA to pack...

#glass #plasma #glassart #printmaking

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Religious experiences at Pilchuck and Applebees. Welcome to the neighbourhood and thank you for having me ♥️🌈✌🏼

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To say these past 1½ weeks have been a dream is an understatement.

Every day has been filled with creativity, experimentation, and more to learn than I could have imagined. I haven’t even had a moment to fully take it all in.

Here’s one of my favorite plasma and neon pieces from the session. I especially love how @bullseyeglass Neo-Lavender and Opaline create a soft, dreamlike backdrop that makes the glowing plasma feel even more vibrant and alive

Huge thanks to @markditzlerglassstudio and @glass.percy for leading such an intense and unforgettable session. And thank you to @pilchuckglassschool for making a long-time dream come true by giving me the opportunity to begin exploring the world of kiln-formed plasma.

I’m leaving with a head full of ideas—and I know this is only the beginning.

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So many fun things are happening on campus right now! Session 4 has brought so much energy and experimentation to our studios.🔥 Take a peek at what the workshops are getting up to!

Session 4 Workshops:

🔥Form + Color @twotonestudiosglass
🔥Kiln-Casting: Combining Digital and Traditional @norwoodviviano
🔥Neon in the Field @kacielees
🔥Radiant Horizons @glass.percy @markditzlerglassstudio
🔥The Magic of Mold-Mix 6: Sculpting Works in Glass and Bronze by Stephen Paul Day @zircar.luminar.glass.products

#pilchuckglassschool #craftschoolsummer #glassblowing #pacificnorthwest #glassart

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So exciting to finally fire up the home kiln to get some fusing work done! Gonna be using this little kiln a lot in the coming days to move through some big projects! Also, this is just part one of the patterned plate. Gonna pick it back up in @pghglasscenter hot shop and put a curve on the edge.
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Thank you so much to @glass.percy for helping understand the kiln programing and taking out the process!
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Thank you to @olympiccolors for making the glass color used in this process!
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Thank you to @pghglasscenter for the studio to make the prep work.
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Thank you to @sprucepinebatch for making the glass!
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#glassblowing #glassfusing #glassartwork #stilllife #layhewart

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