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I started to use neon
a lot when I realized that people
are drawn to things that emit light.

Neon tubing and sheet steel
24 inches vertical

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34 kb 		This is a collaboration with
Stephen Paul Day, whose glass
and metal casting is well known in
both Europe and America.
The cross is marvered
glass with a sulphur ceramic embedded in the arms.

Glass, ceramic, wood,and neon tubing
31 inches vertical

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31 kb 		A detail shot of the alter.
It's a little bas relief of Da Vinci's
last supper embedded
about an inch in
the glass.


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32 kb 		Here it is in it's natural habitat
It's very bright when lit


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32 kb 		I made this maquette to
study human muscle structure.

Sculpted material
16 inches vertical


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30 kb 		Ditto

Sculpted material
16 inches vertical


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43 kb 		A detail shot of the maquette.


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43 kb 		This is another collaboration.
I made this with David VanArsdale.
A neon artist in Seattle whose work
has been seen in a number of
movies made in the Northwest
The face is cast glass with
neon behind it. The box is an
old 1950s volt meter housing,

Cast glass, found objects, and neon tubing.
11 inches vertical

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31 Kb 		A drawing I made


Pencil
11x14 inches

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32 Kb 		This is four feet of tubing
in a three by three inch
cube
This piece has a special
transformer which causes
little "jellybeans" of light
to crawl up and down the tubes


Wood, found objects, and neon tubing.
12 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		A friend of mine bought a
handful of antique barbed
wire in Tijuana.
The little labels tell about
each inventor and patent date.


Wood, found objects, and neon tubing.
18 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		The intresting thing about a
gun as a symbol is that what
it means to you depends
entirely on which angle you
view it from.
This was displayed in the
Museum of Neon Art (MONA).


Found objects,cast glass, neon tubing,and laser.
14 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		The back panel of this box
is a window with bullets
behind it.
(real, but rendered harmless)


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32 Kb 		Plasma is what happens in
a neon tube, but without
the tube to constrain it.
These are very tricky to make.


Found objects,
and plasma.
11 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		Another plasma
sculpture.


Found objects,
and plasma.
21 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		Another "under glass"
project.
This one is much larger.


Wood, found objects, and neon tubing.
20 inches vertical

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32 Kb 		The next in the Facebox
series.


Wood, cast glass, and neon tubing.
24 by 14 by 10 inches


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32 Kb 		I really like the idea
of putting a face in a box.
The symbolism really speaks
to me.


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32 Kb 		A detail shot.


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        Here is the important stuff.  I have been using neon as a medium since 1993, and since then I have been fortunate to work alongside some of the best artists in the field of glass art.  The pieces shown here are arranged in a chronological format left to right.  The earliest was made in 1993    ----   I must say I find this page to be a little frustrating.  About half of the pictures here were taken by me, the other half by professional studio photographers (at great expense).  Neither I nor the professionals can quite capture the true impact these pieces have in person.  This stuff is much more impressive in real life (if I do say so myself).  You'll just have to take my word for it *sigh*.