hi folks the deadline for the gas member light exhibition had been extended to feb 28th the outdoor exhibition will take place outside in corning s gaffer district on friday 5th june and will be a key feature of the friday night community activities during the conference submit your existing…

let s help ignite shine again the neon makers guild is deeply saddened to hear about the fire on october 18th that destroyed so many incredible pieces at ignite sign art museum for those of us in the neon community this loss hits hard these signs weren t just glass…

as some of you know neon has cropped up in many odd places over the years as a photographer i ve not only used it as subject matter but sometimes in the production process as well usually in those cases it was in the form of a so called cold…

Recap from a weekend of travels to NavCour Glassware in Lorain, OH for the annual Neon Makers Guild meet up and what a lovely time it was !!

i went to the bender s bash at navcour in ohio last weekend and it was a great time i saw some old friends made some new ones did a little bit of bending with my mentor haley and came home feeling connected to my neon community here are some…

Here for the benders bash and hanging out with these lovely guild members the day before the main event.

With the website overhaul, I figured I would make a post to try it out. It seems easier to post, and I know that upgrades will continue to happen. Here are a few pictures of some recent projects I've done.

Bigclivedotcom video on Neon Transformer

History of electric transformers from Faraday through Lenz, Sturgeon, Callan, Ruhmkorff, Gaulard, Westinghouse and more (+ what Tesla did and didn’t do in the evolution of electricity).

YouTube video about the the use of lighting in film

First Plasma Piece 

 

 NMG Welcoming

we are very excited to announce that we will be sponsoring a regional neon meetup at uptownneonrva in richmond virginia september 16th 9am 6pm virgina seemed to be a nice central location for the east coast folks to get together and uptown is a super cool shop no brainer right…

Connie Morgan shares her experience about getting started in the neon industry.

Just finished up this fun little piece. I bent the neon shape out of 8mm uncoated blacklight tubing. It lives inside a box frame that I built, then lined the inside with a repurposed blacklight poster. That part was a bit tricky but it turned out alright.