James AkersMar 28

Excited to be collaborating with two friends for this performative Hot Glass Hangout at Urbanglass on Friday, September 3rd, from 6-8. Its now less than a week away!

https://makertube.net/w/8so2baXj4s5QEFhpmEQY7J

That is a video of the plotter I use- a vinyl cutter that I put paper and a refillable paint pen in to make a big bold line drawing robot.

Find out what the pattern says by going to the hot glass hangout at Urbanglass in Brooklyn, (NYC) on April 3rd, 6-8pm. Free and open to the public with light snacks and some things for sale. Its a fun time, there might be some audience interaction, will be some light snacks and things for sale, and my friend Alex will be on a microphone explaining the glassblowing things happening.

Dale Chihuly once put a bunch of neon in blocks of ice. We gave it a try. Partially frozen with water on the top and my hand didn't get any zappy current :)

#event #brooklyn #glassblowing #neon #public #neon #collaboration #anti #environment #interactive #sculpture #light

Show threadJames Akers

What a fun evening to conclude a whirlwind few days! My friends MolMol, Spider an I collaborated on a Hot glass hangout event with a melting ICE theme. It was nice seeing folks there :)
We were able to unite and use our collective skills to make something none of us would have made on our own.
I have been a part of an led a few glassblowing performance/ events and some of the more exciting ones are led by groups of people where much more can happen since there are more people leading and this was no exception.
This project finally got me to buy Helium gas, completing my collection of the noble gases. The helium glows a strange warm white, is very resistive and runs hot- perfect for melting helium people out of the blocks of ICE they are trapped within.
I told Spider, get good documentation and take this performance proposal to other glass centers- there are some with amphitheater hotshop stages and cameras

#collaboration #glass #ice #meltice #helium #neon #brooklyn #performance #nyc

Apr 4 at 3:35pmWeb