James Akers

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Some shots of student work, Liesl Schubel, has a show coming up at OSU and has been working on a series of buckets, co showing with an artist making work about water.
Liesl and some of the other students wanted to see some circle demos and they quickly developed a knack for making them. The orange is from the old green pumped neon- a nice orange with and Ar+Hg handle.
Another student, Corinne s

28 views Some shots of student work, Liesl Schubel, has a show coming up at OSU and has been working on a series of buckets, co showing with an artist making work about water. Liesl and some of the other students wanted to see some circle demos and they quickly developed a knack for making them. The orange is from the old green pumped neon- a nice orange with and Ar+Hg handle. Another student, Corinne s

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.
I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, t

10 views Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice. I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, t

Its been fun teaching the first weeks #class here at Columbus Glass Art Center. Here are my whiteboard drawings for how a variety of bombarder/ choke systems are wired, and how the neon torches work.
Katie, my amazing scientific glassmaking TA is upgrading the pump arm. She was going to do more, but the art center has not gotten the usual grants, so no funds for glass valves. We will just make d

9 views Its been fun teaching the first weeks #class here at Columbus Glass Art Center. Here are my whiteboard drawings for how a variety of bombarder/ choke systems are wired, and how the neon torches work. Katie, my amazing scientific glassmaking TA is upgrading the pump arm. She was going to do more, but the art center has not gotten the usual grants, so no funds for glass valves. We will just make d

Super excited that the first half of my plan for this #sculpture is coming to fruition. #Pilchuck accepted it to be auctioned. I bent a second, backup copy of the neon before cavity packing both of them in filleted upholstery foam and building a box in a box -yeah, I used to be an #art handler :)
I particularly enjoyed the moment of writing #NYC and #Seattle arrows pointing to each pattern befor

8 views Super excited that the first half of my plan for this #sculpture is coming to fruition. #Pilchuck accepted it to be auctioned. I bent a second, backup copy of the neon before cavity packing both of them in filleted upholstery foam and building a box in a box -yeah, I used to be an #art handler :) I particularly enjoyed the moment of writing #NYC and #Seattle arrows pointing to each pattern befor

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

1.3%

Engagement vs followers

Jul 2023

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Some shots of student work, Liesl Schubel, has a show coming up · 28 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

2.1 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly images

Recent: 3 text · 9 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

2.5×

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🔥 Top post Some shots of student work, Liesl Schubel, has a show coming up at OSU and has been working on a series of buckets, co showing with an artist making work about water. Liesl and some of the other students wanted to see some circle demos and they quickly developed a knack for mak… ★ 28

Super excited that the first half of my plan for this #sculpture is coming to fruition. #Pilchuck accepted it to be auctioned. I bent a second, backup copy of the neon before cavity packing both of them in filleted upholstery foam and bui… ★ 8 The open source lover in me is most excited about an AGPL project I forked and stripped down to a handful of functions while adding a bunch more. Despite it being built to be easy to set up, I believe a large percentage of my target demogr… ★ 1 As I look at monetizing some of the little software tools I am making, I have been told by some of the people I show them to, to look into copyrights. I do admire a good idea, and more and more- a good business model that keeps people ho… ★ 3

I am pretty excited to soon start selling a PCB project I created. The Weblink Backpack- I designed around the Xiao ESP32 board, making it easy to connect to a controllable, neon transformer. https://codeberg.org/JamesCodes/ESP32-Captive-P… ★ 6

Today was mainly a work day for the students- and for me- I got the bombarder table in place, and the bombarder coil wired into the tiny, very short trolley line system. I do hope they are able to lengthen it one day by suspending the alu… ★ 8

I have been pretty busy in Columbus. We are nearing the end of the second #class - using the neon shop and have almost completely set it up. The cheaper electricians take their time. The students are learning to bend nicely. Picking up wh… ★ 8

Its been fun teaching the first weeks #class here at Columbus Glass Art Center. Here are my whiteboard drawings for how a variety of bombarder/ choke systems are wired, and how the neon torches work. Katie, my amazing scientific glassmak… ★ 9

https://makertube.net/w/uHvQRcAJkzHGTKweGwMfvQ Excited to do a little artist talk at Urbanglass at 6:00 pm tonight as a part of my residency there this summer and officially debut this drawing submission box sculpture. Hooray NEA funding a… ★ 8

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice. I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped… ★ 10

Neon synths class at Urbanglass went well. As per usual, I was too busy teaching to get any quality photos- but I did snap this one of the chaotic synth table with blink neon tubes half cleaned up. I am excited for my public engagement for… ★ 6 Oh and procrastinating buying another 5 gallon bucket of neon blockout paint is finally paying off! After about 8 years of formula improvements, the water based Stazon paint is better than the old solvent based ever was. Yeah it ends up be… ★ 1

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Jul 2023

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 8 views per post.

📤Posts about 2.1× per week.

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80/100

Excellent Credibility score

97%

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Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
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Artist/ sculptor working with glass, neon, electronics and other materials. Interested in unsustainability, commercialism, short attention spans, the ad tech industry and developing my dev skills. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Message me and I may respond.