Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

Part one of building an aged neon coffee sign, focusing on the design and construction process.

Episode 5 of Oklahoma’s Own Route 66 Road Trip explores Tulsa’s neon revival — from iconic signs nearly lost to time to the artists and preservationists keeping Route 66 glowing. We visit the rescued ...

Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

If you’ve ever looked at a flickering neon sign and thought, I bet I could make one of those, be advised: You almost certainly could not. At once a science and an art, neon demands an artisan’s ...

PROTECT A TREASURED EXAMPLE OF AMERICANA. THE GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, KNOWN AS THE CHAIR CITY. BUT NOW IT MIGHT JUST BE ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING THE NEON SIGN CITY. WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE ...

MESA, Ariz. — For about 50 years, she welcomed weary travelers, enticing them with a neon blue bathing suit. The sign, known as the Diving Lady, had a job to do. “To promote the fact that the ...

From the 1920s into the 1950s neon sign making flourished in the U.S. with thousands of makers in business. As technology evolved companies shifted to LED lighting instead of the gas charged NEON ...

Part two of the aged neon coffee sign project, covering weathering details and wiring work.