I am currently participating in an exhibition titled Call It What It Is: A Neon Show Of Banned Words. It visualizes the growing list of words that are being flagged by the Trump administration and scrubbed from government documents and websites. It is quite an extensive list, and serves as Read more…
I recently travelled out to Ohio to attend a get-together for neon makers. It was sponsored by the Neon Makers Guild, an organization that I helped found 3 years ago. Neon sign making isn’t a very common occupation; often neon tubebenders work in solitude, or with only one or two Read more…
The last weekend of March, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop at Plasma Graphics in Atlantic City. Owner Tom Beibel and his son Steve (pictured below) hosted the workshop in their studio. I first visited Plasma Graphics back in 1997, when they hosted an afterparty for neon tubebenders Read more…
I’ve been busy over the past month preparing for a couple of events that are somewhat related in that they involve my window neon. Most recently was getting ready for an art show at Space 1026 in Philadelphia. They are a gallery with a focus on screenprinting but have rotating 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…
Hello any readers who may have happened to stumble their way to this blog post. 🙂 I see that I haven’t posted here in 6 months! Well, that’s all about to change as I am hereby committing to posting an entry here at least once a week. Most of my Read more…
I am really excited to announce that my work is a part of Light In Transmission (LIT): A Neon and Plasma Light Exhibition, at Pittsburgh Glass Center. The exhibition was curated by Percy Echols, who says “As an artist, I chose those who had impacted my creative process, education, and Read more…
This is my first post of 2021. Joe Biden was sworn in as President yesterday and I’m feeling optimistic about the future for the first time in a while. The days are getting longer and spring is only a couple of months away. Here’s to more love and less angst Read more…