Cary Rapaport

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FAST Lightning in a Star (Voynich Manuscript f82r)

Voynich Manuscript folio f82r

I made a second lighted flameworked glass star, inspired by the blue star on folio 82r of the Voynich Manuscript, but this time the star contains a faster-moving lightning effect. Both stars have blue phosphor and krypton gas inside, but in different amounts. The first one has a lower pressure of gas, so its light is more of a steady glow, with a little bit of movement, but this new one has a higher pressure that creates wavy filaments of light and more intense lightning.

Fast-moving lightning effect in my second star sculpture

Comparing the effects of both lightning stars