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 ...

This summer, the Voices will take a look at people with unusual jobs. If you have an idea for us, email voice@spokesman.com. In the 1930s and ’40s, neon lights screamed exciting night life, beckoning ...

Neo-Neon, a producer of LED-based lighting solutions, has introduced a product that replaces traditional glass neon with LED technology. Glass neon, which is largely used for signage and as a ...

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 ...

If you've seen the bright lights of some of Atlanta's most iconic neon signs, there's a good chance the folks behind The Neon ...

Like driving toward the Las Vegas strip, you can see Glas studio in Raleigh coming from a ways away. The neon-colored signs are within sight well before you enter the studio. Other WRAL Top Stories It ...

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 ...

Wyoming's famous 21-foot Tumble Inn Cowboy sign, which was falling apart and rescued from remote Powder River, has been re-painted, polished and the ...

“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 ...

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 ...

TACOMA, Wash. — At the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, a new exhibit celebrates what women are doing with neon, taking the art form far beyond the greatest beer sign you've ever seen hanging in a bar. "Our ...