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#roadtrip

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James Akers

Visited with students and gave slide talks two days ago- and pulled tubes with some very talented students yesterday. Gonna give another demo for UW glassblowing students today.

It's like my birthday came early with the tubes. Gonna make a video at some point to share the glassblowing fun- but Amber Mans an Skye Xollo were SO helpful, with Amber having blown glass since they were very young, and learning to pull tubes from my favorite tube puller in Tacoma.

I saw wonderful undergrad and graduate student work, seen here are Amber's "two truths and a lie" tubes covered in black glass powder and resist sandblasted through (I pulled some of that black/ brown). A studio visit with Morgan, a third year grad student was very neat- their ceramic and neon sculptures playing with texture, dementia, memory, and structure- integrating the neon and clay quite nicely.

Blue, purple, brown, green, orange striped tubes laid out on a wooden table. Hot pink lathe and sandblaster in the background
Skye at the other end of the post while Amber nods in approval at my rusty hot shop bubble stretching skills
Two truths and a lie piece by Amber. The black glass powder on the outside gave the tubes an interesting brown filter with the neon fill, as well as an interesting texture. Their handwriting, Rayzisted sandblasted onto the tube, allows the bright, unfiltered neon through
A ceramic, glass and Argon sculpture by the third year grad, Morgan. A ghostly purple whisp of glass encircles a dark blue glazed ceramic piece held up by a dripping terracotta mixed with clear glass oozing tripod on a white pedestal
#visitingartist#glassblowing#art
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James Akers

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!

One of the most iconic Bruce Nauman pieces- this one exists as a "Living Template" and is Fishman's personal copy. It has been all over the world and I saw it in NYC at MoMa PS1 a few years ago. It's pink spiral with blue script letters have inspired countless copycat pieces from artists in the decades since it's original making.
Bing's neon outlet- I love the happy sad outlets!
A bunch of Bruce Nauman patterns on non-asbestos paper. The patterns for some of my all time favorite pieces of neon- all rolled up under that table
One of the double letters (an A in this case) that regularly break my brain. I wanna make some things like this.
#neon#heros#brucenauman
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Vagabond Couple

Ep. 11, #TransAmerica 9,000-mile #Overland #Roadtrip 🚙💨:

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Cruise through Artists Drive in Death Valley, where the desert transforms into a painter’s palette of vibrant reds, pinks, purples, and greens! 🌄🎨 The Artists Palette Viewpoint is pure magic, especially in the golden glow of sunrise or sunset. But visiting in the heat of summer? Now that’s an adventure! ☀️🔥

Ep. 11, #TransAmerica 9,000-mile #Overland #Roadtrip 🚙💨 Read more here: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/03/trans-america-overland-road-trip-part-11-death-valley-california-usa.html Cruise through Artists Drive in Death Valley, where the desert transforms into a painter’s palette of vibrant reds, pinks, purples, and greens! 🌄🎨 The Artists Palette Viewpoint is pure magic, especially in the golden glow of sunrise or sunset. But visiting in the heat of summer? Now that’s an adventure! ☀️🔥 Want to know how to explore Death Valley safely and make the most of this surreal landscape? Check out our full guide at Vagabond Couple Travel Blog! #DeathValley #ArtistsPalette #RoadTripUSA #DesertVibes #TravelBloggers #travel #wanderlust
Ep. 11, #TransAmerica 9,000-mile #Overland #Roadtrip 🚙💨 Read more here: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/03/trans-america-overland-road-trip-part-11-death-valley-california-usa.html Cruise through Artists Drive in Death Valley, where the desert transforms into a painter’s palette of vibrant reds, pinks, purples, and greens! 🌄🎨 The Artists Palette Viewpoint is pure magic, especially in the golden glow of sunrise or sunset. But visiting in the heat of summer? Now that’s an adventure! ☀️🔥 Want to know how to explore Death Valley safely and make the most of this surreal landscape? Check out our full guide at Vagabond Couple Travel Blog! #DeathValley #ArtistsPalette #RoadTripUSA #DesertVibes #TravelBloggers #travel #wanderlust
Ep. 11, #TransAmerica 9,000-mile #Overland #Roadtrip 🚙💨 Read more here: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/03/trans-america-overland-road-trip-part-11-death-valley-california-usa.html Cruise through Artists Drive in Death Valley, where the desert transforms into a painter’s palette of vibrant reds, pinks, purples, and greens! 🌄🎨 The Artists Palette Viewpoint is pure magic, especially in the golden glow of sunrise or sunset. But visiting in the heat of summer? Now that’s an adventure! ☀️🔥 Want to know how to explore Death Valley safely and make the most of this surreal landscape? Check out our full guide at Vagabond Couple Travel Blog! #DeathValley #ArtistsPalette #RoadTripUSA #DesertVibes #TravelBloggers #travel #wanderlust
Ep. 11, #TransAmerica 9,000-mile #Overland #Roadtrip 🚙💨 Read more here: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/03/trans-america-overland-road-trip-part-11-death-valley-california-usa.html Cruise through Artists Drive in Death Valley, where the desert transforms into a painter’s palette of vibrant reds, pinks, purples, and greens! 🌄🎨 The Artists Palette Viewpoint is pure magic, especially in the golden glow of sunrise or sunset. But visiting in the heat of summer? Now that’s an adventure! ☀️🔥 Want to know how to explore Death Valley safely and make the most of this surreal landscape? Check out our full guide at Vagabond Couple Travel Blog! #DeathValley #ArtistsPalette #RoadTripUSA #DesertVibes #TravelBloggers #travel #wanderlust
#DeathValley#ArtistsPalette#RoadTripUSA
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Douglas E. Welch

10 Classic California Road Trips to Drive in Your Lifetime via Afar [Shared]

California is, hands down, one of the best places in the world for a road trip. It’s the third largest state in the USA, and its 164,000 square miles are packed with varied terrain highlighted by some 66 scenic byways. Along the 865 miles of coast, road-trippers will meander by remote beaches and sheer cliff vistas as well as lively urban beach communities, such as Santa Monica and Venice in Los Angeles or laid-back La Jolla in San Diego. Inland, rocky desert landscapes give way to rolling farmlands, and two-lane highways carve through quiet groves of towering sequoias before climbing into the high, rugged peaks of the 352 mountain ranges.

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/27

#california #travel #road #roadtrip #driving #sightseeing #sights #nature #outdoors #mountains #coast #desert #shared

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