Das Glasmuseum Hamburg ist auch so ein Hidden Champion.

I visited Jacob Fishman and the new Lightwriters public access neon studio in Chicago. I learned lots from his "Neon Engineers Handbook" and he has been one of my neon heros for years.

Of course, I was dazzled seeing all the Bruce Nauman pieces, patterns and rejects (Jacob is Nauman's main neon fabricator)- and I am a big Bruce Nauman fan. That copy of "mystic truths" has been all over the world and is the "living template" for the piece.

Jacob makes me wanna play more with radio.

I loved seeing the Bing neon happy sad outlets at Light Writers. It's so exciting that there is now a public access neon shop in Chicago - it's been needed for years with SAIC and UW students graduating and not having a place to work for years. I am gonna send some class proposals to Jacob and Zoell (his daughter) to return one day an teach a class :)

Next stop- Madison Wisconsin!

The Magellanic woodpecker is a large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. This species is mainly pure black, with a white wing patch and a grey, chisel-like beak. Males have a crimson head and crest.

#woodpecker #magellanicwoodpecker #magellanic #male #reflection #red #black #glass #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bird #birdphotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll

https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/magellanic-woodpecker-patagonia-chile-joan-carroll.html

I made my Mirror World class some bling out of 6mm glass tubulation. We can all laugh and be shiny together now. I actually didn't make myself one though. I guess I can make it tomorrow. I bent it to my handwriting in cursive with a 6mm sharpie :) . lol happened to be an easy an fun 3 letter phrase that flows nicely.

I sure do love mirroring a bunch of little tubes simultaneously :)

I gotta get a few feet of bright colored silicone or latex tubing. They are meant to be necklaces. They may be fragile during hugs.

Its been nice to teach these classes with Kacie Lees in the evenings and decompress from the hectic week finishing up neon work things ahead of an upcoming midwest road trip! Class and show in Minneapolis and visiting artist 2 day at UW, Madison.

We mirrored so much. Its so fun seeing people get it- and run wild with it.

@cafechatnoir
When I lit this candle, I thought of you. Have you played with strip construction yet? This was a little something I did to play with the concept. It's a fun technique, though this was not an exciting pattern. It's much more fun with streaky glass.
#glass #FusedGlass

Right now, Härenstam and Weurlander play #Eon #Piazzolla #Glass #Metheny and more in #Kalmar https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/harenstam_and_weurlander_play_eon_piazzolla_glass_metheny_and_more_in_kalmar/86537/ #wch

In 25 minutes, Härenstam and Weurlander play #Eon #Piazzolla #Glass #Metheny and more in #Kalmar https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/harenstam_and_weurlander_play_eon_piazzolla_glass_metheny_and_more_in_kalmar/86537/ #wch

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Grasshopper Typewriter - Do you consider your keyboard to be a fragile thing? Meet the glass keyboard by [B... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/24/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-grasshopper-typewriter/ #grasshoppertypewriter #williamstypewriter #peripheralshacks #hackadaycolumns #glasskeyboard #perlerbeads #battleaxes #meltybeads #hamabeads #glasspcb #erkbd #glass

Today, Härenstam and Weurlander play #Eon #Piazzolla #Glass #Metheny and more in #Kalmar https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/harenstam_and_weurlander_play_eon_piazzolla_glass_metheny_and_more_in_kalmar/86537/ #wch

I've recently learned that some glassware contains uranium dioxide and will glow under ultraviolet light. And that they're collectible. For giggles, I used my UV Beast to illuminate some bowls at a house I'm cleaning out. They are not at all yellow/green in normal light. Are they glowing enough? #uranium #fluorescence #uvlight #physics #chemistry #glass

I finally made a super sour loaf! Bread 15B came from a stiff (acetic acid) starter and sat in the fridge for about a week with a bunch of time out of the fridge to age an have its delicious bacteria from just right. I added olives an pecans to it with wheat germ around the outside. The bread is flavorful enough to hold it's own against the olives!

Though I would also share some work projects- the "No 79" is going to some fancy Manhattan development and will be outside, with housings. Should look good- and with 3 bars on the ground floor of this new residential building, I may actually go see my work when it's installed an have a drink :) Big ruby numbers- it WILL be seen.
All that and the "ANCY"- a test for this new Spielberg movie was 1 days work (along with some email sending). Feels good to put in a full days work an be able to share with you all :)