I have been pretty busy with some neon production work, but I did manage to find time to document this sculpture I completed in 2023, The Wild One E, the fifth of big toy sculptures. I was in such a rush to get it out to a show in Chicago that I didn't get a chance to properly document it. You can see my first lil bit of clips thrown together here...

https://makertube.net/w/r7u795BiHUJp4LsK6Xh6Pp

I want to redo the photo shoot in a white wall room (I have one at home). I also want to get another camera flash.

I also pulled tubes with an old friend from college. We were glassblowing blow partners and now he blows glass full time here in Brooklyn. I had been wanting to pull some of these expensive colors with him and it was worth it.
Gotta mix up some phosphors to coat the tubes later. We used nearly full kilograms of color on each pull so the colors light filtering effects would be extra pronounced.

#neon #glassblowing #sculpture #documenting #glass #nyc #brooklyn #art #circuitbending #tubing #color

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And again. And again.

I remembered that I have a kiln next to my manifold now. So I returned to this sequence of bends I had been playing with around this time last year.

I forgot the whole, "make it perfectly and don't leave any inconsistencies behind part" so it took me all morning. After trying again a few times I eventually got it :).

Instead of bombarding, this lil Rainbow Sunrise Doodle got sent into the oven :) I didnt have to place any mica, but I did have to wait a bit.

Gosh, I should really come back to those designs that are impossible to bombard.

#glass #2025 #newyear #rainbow #sunrise #glass #handmade #newyork #brooklyn #nyc #neon #tubing #perseverance

"Small EVAP Leak"
"Large EVAP Leak"

These hoses fail every five years, like clockwork.

#repair #diy #automotive #tubing

> Roughly 250,000 people float the #Deschutes #River through #Bend in Central #Oregon each summer. Many lose belongings along the way. But thanks to some dedicated local #divers, some treasured items are making it home. And even trash can score a second chance in the hands of a master river looter.

https://youtu.be/Ik5H5DqH7xo

#conservation #tubing #deschutesRiver #lootTheDeschutes