I was recently contacted by a woman looking to get her beloved neon sign fixed. It had belonged to her late father, and her teenage son who was very close to him, wanted the sign to hang in his bedroom. Besides being broken, the sign was in pretty rough shape. Read more…
I wrote a blog post for the Neon Makers Guild, which is an organization I co-founded with several neon cohorts, dedicated to preserving the craft of neon tube bending. This post is geared toward beginners in the field, but seasoned benders and even those of you who don’t know much Read more…
Do you remember tracing your hand when you were a kid to draw a turkey? That was the inspiration for this guy. I made him a few years ago at the suggestion of my husband, and it’s one of my favorite window pieces that I’ve made. I tried tracing my Read more…
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.
Recently, I finished the project of changing the organization and storage of my neon patterns. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into when I started and it ended up taking me about 7 months to get it done. Turns out, after making neon in my studio for 22 Read more…
I’m part of an artist group called the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers. I’ve only been a member for about 4 years, but the group was started 30 years ago. One of the founding members is my friend Len Davidson, who also opened the Neon Museum of Philadelphia last year. The Dumpster Read more…
Last week I finished this for James Oliver Gallery here in Philadelphia. James bought a small neon from me a few years ago and when he reached out to me to ask about making his logo in neon I was super excited. Some designs really lend themselves to neon, and Read more…
A past client of mine recently asked me to duplicate this famous album cover by the band Big Star. Here are some photos of that process….. I’m not the first neon artist to do this, so I wanted to do something a little extra with mine and thought using this Read more…
I just finished up this commission for the parent of a very lucky Harry Potter fan. Someone is going to be happy on Christmas morning! Below are a few process shots. If you are interested in a commission, please send me an email to eve@eveingneon.com
While playing around with neon tubing and my hand torch, I stumbled upon something very cool. (more…)