#pilchuck — Public Fediverse posts

A little video of Galen's finished "Slumlord" sign. I bent the neon for him, and some of his sign painter buddies helped with the paint design.

Galen wears the "Slumlord" badge with pride- refusing to raise rent on his property in the rapidly gentrifying Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. The piece is inspired by another landlord with a coin operated gas meter on the stove (quarters for cooking time).

We love the clickity clackety of the mechanical incandescent bulb flasher in there- Galen mounted it so the whole metal "can" acts as an "amplifier". Galen loves anything mechanical. It was way fun being his Teachers Assistant for the class.

The ruby red glass in this came from Chihuly "Studio 1" in Tacoma (long since moved to Seattle)

#glassschool #Seattle #Tacoma #hilltop #pilchuck #neon #blinky #lightbulbs #incandescent #sign #landlord #glass #handmade #sculpture #gentrification #mechanical #airplane

The class I helped teach was about making beer signs- I never had made the metal frames before and I liked the idea of a "murdered out" #beersign . #Steel is for real! The hand pulled black tubing is fun and funky- would love to rebend it with 8mm effetre #blacklight perfection!
The Dis Mis Mal Information Arrow... it's also kind of an #information #rocketship with animating flames when placed upright.

#neon #neonsign #misinformation #sculpture #art #pilchuck #murderedout #allblack #lightart