This 3-1/2 day lecture and demonstration course is designed to help expand the practice of those artists and instructors already involved in plasma-based art and who would like to deepen their knowledge. This intensive course will endeavor to cover the history and current practice of the fields that make up plasma art: vacuum science, electricity, and glass forming techniques used in plasma art, as well as a good number of associated techniques and technologies.
The cost for this course is $2400. (Nonrefundable deposit to hold a spot is $240.)
Spots for this course are limited to 6 spots!
Dates: Thursday, February 9th 2023 –Sunday, February 12th 2023.
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Strattman Design, 119 Braintree St, Unit 202, Allston, MA, USA
Note: Travel and lodging expenses are not included. Airbnb, hotels, and many convenient restaurants are within walking distances.
Questions: Contact me at Wayne@Strattman.com or give a call at 617-304-1739
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The following topics (time permitting) will be covered:
Vacuum Science:
- Its history from early times to the present
- How gauging, pumps, and units developed
- The types of gauges and pumps and how they work from early days to the present
- Leak checking
- The use of getters to produce clean gas fills (and how to make your own)
- The best (and worst!) vacuum techniques and the role of conductance and measurement errors
Electrical Science:
- The important discoveries and why they are relevant today.
- The basic concepts and units required to understand and produce light from electricity including: voltage, current, power units, capacitance, inductance, energy stored in fields etc.
- The basics of plasma transformers and power supplies
Glass Techniques:
- Making glass-to-metal seals
- Using solder glass
- Unique glass shaping techniques using molds or on the lathe
- Kiln-shaping glass
This 3-1/2 day lecture and demonstration course is designed to help expand the practice of those artists and instructors already involved in plasma-based art and who would like to deepen their knowledge. This intensive course will endeavor to cover the history and current practice of the fields that make up plasma art: vacuum science, electricity, and glass forming techniques used in plasma art, as well as a good number of associated techniques and technologies.
The cost for this course is $2400. (Nonrefundable deposit to hold a spot is $240.)
Spots for this course are limited to 6 spots!
Dates: Thursday, February 9th 2023 –Sunday, February 12th 2023.
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Strattman Design, 119 Braintree St, Unit 202, Allston, MA, USA
Note: Travel and lodging expenses are not included. Airbnb, hotels, and many convenient restaurants are within walking distances.
Questions: Contact me at Wayne@Strattman.com or give a call at 617-304-1739
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
The following topics (time permitting) will be covered:
Vacuum Science:
- Its history from early times to the present
- How gauging, pumps, and units developed
- The types of gauges and pumps and how they work from early days to the present
- Leak checking
- The use of getters to produce clean gas fills (and how to make your own)
- The best (and worst!) vacuum techniques and the role of conductance and measurement errors
Electrical Science:
- The important discoveries and why they are relevant today.
- The basic concepts and units required to understand and produce light from electricity including: voltage, current, power units, capacitance, inductance, energy stored in fields etc.
- The basics of plasma transformers and power supplies
Glass Techniques:
- Making glass-to-metal seals
- Using solder glass
- Unique glass shaping techniques using molds or on the lathe
- Kiln-shaping glass