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 ...

RIDGEFIELD — In 1988, Roger Schurman sold his first neon sign to a used-car dealer on Portland’s Lombard Street at the tail end of a day full of rejection. That first sign — it said “OPEN” — was only ...

Neon signs aren't as ubiquitous as they once were, but the artistry has been receiving renewed appreciation. Wil Kirkman was well-known for his ability to make and repair intricate and fragile glass ...

“I don’t think people realize that these aren’t being mass produced,” says Katie Pickens about neon signs during her visit to Brooklyn Glass — a Brooklyn-based glass blowing factory that specializes ...

Shawna Peterson bends glass tubes for a living. She makes neon art, and has put glowing faces on a giant wall of recyclables for artist Erik Otto, bent two-inch circles for a wall sized circuit board ...

The paper plans tacked up on the gridded wire wall show the cheeky message a customer wants to immortalize on a neon sign: “Be a Badass with a Good Ass.” Tucked away inside a bright white, clean space ...

Neon signs are a hallmark of American culture, decorating seedy bars and gentleman’s clubs with bright announcements of drinks and women inside. This primarily commercial craft has been traditionally ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Howie Cohen: At first glance, I knew we had a beautiful sign here in the making. It's definitely a restorable piece. My name is Howie Cohen, and I run a sign ...

If it’s nighttime in Boston, neon signs are a sure source of beauty and light. Who can imagine the city without its Paramount Theatre marquee? Or the Boston Wharf Company banner, bathing the ...