Rocket Neon NYC (@rocketneonnyc) — Bluesky Profile

1 month ago

An outline of a bicycle made of glass neon. The wheels are orange and neon red, the pedals and seat are blue and the chain green.

Rudi Stern: Jeff’s Bike (1984) Considered the primary architect of the 20th-century neon revival, Rudi Stern’s influence on the craft is unmatched. This work, 61 1/4"×37 1/2", is currently in the studio for restoration & refresh. Note: the bike frame is black light, so almost no visible light.

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1 month ago

A photo showing a neon sign for Essex Market in which the first “ES” is out so the sign reads “Sex Market.” Above the sign is an advert showing a shocked Abe Lincoln looking down at the sign with the neon outage.

Like many in the neighborhood, Abe is a little startled at this neon outage.

#neon #neonsigns

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1 month ago

’nuff said

#neon #neonsigns #glassart #neonartwork #abolishice

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1 month ago

Box of Neon Nerds candy made by Wonka candies. “Pinktricity” and “Electroorange” flavors.

Guilty as charged!

Sometime in the late ‘90s Wonka magically produced shockingly intense Neon Nerds candy. Apparently still available in some parts of the world, but no longer in the US.

Give your local neon nerd some love!

#neon #neonsigns #WonkaCandy #vintageneon

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2 months ago

Wills’s Gold Flake cigarettes featured collectible cards in the late 1930s. Not just ads, the cards were a form of patriotic education for the public.

This one, from the 1937 series 'Irish Industries,' captures a futuristic moment: Ireland’s burgeoning neon sign industry.

#neonsigns #vintageneon

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3 months ago

Holiday market flyer giving time and place.

Colorful glass flowers mounted on a wood base.

Black and white neon mounted to a white backing.

Come join Rocket Neon @ the Red Hook Design Holiday Market. Along with over a dozen other makers, find our table @ Strong Rope Brewery, 185 Van Dyke St., Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Saturday, December 13, 12 PM-7 PM.

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3 months ago

Large semi-circle of multiple lines of red neon mounted to ceiling of entrance to courthouse.

Pleased to assist in producing the glasswork for Chris Freeman Designs’ restoration of Christopher Sproat’s work at the US Courthouse in Madison, WI.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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4 months ago

Concentric neon star-like circles, blue, pink yellow and green.

Private commission for a replica of the medallion atop El Rey Theater marquee, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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6 months ago

A group of fluorescent minerals glowing under different UV lights. A combination of blues, greens, reds and yellows are visible.

How do we get colors in neon? It's a combination of gases like neon and argon, colored glass, and special phosphors.

Similar to fluorescent minerals, these phosphors are excited by UV light inside the tube, which makes them glow with color.

Photo: Hannes Grobe/AWI via Wikimedia Commons.

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7 months ago

A clear tube of glass filled with argon gas illuminating blue. In the center of the tube are the words, “kind of blue."

Released this week 66 years ago, Miles Davis's masterpiece album, Kind of Blue, was recorded in just two sessions in 1959. This 25mm argon-filled piece is a tribute to that cornerstone of jazz. (Look closely at center. 🔍)

#neon #glassart #neonartwork #glass

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7 months ago

A photo showing 10, 25mm, 8 foot long clear glass tubes lined up next to each other.

A line of 25mm, 8-foot glass tubes: an oddly alluring invitation to a neon tube bender.

Full of potential, they wait to be bent and transformed into energized plasma, radiating life and light.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork #glass

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9 months ago

"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt," Mahatma Gandhi

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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9 months ago

Very nice.

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9 months ago

A graph displaying pressure over time along with an explanation of how to blow a bubble in glass.

A favorite visual representation and description of the unique experience of blowing glass.

Bandhu Scott Dunham. Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame, 1997, p. 98.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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9 months ago

Yep, that's a good one.
“Something any child could do…with 30 years practice.”

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9 months ago

Large Coca-Cola neon sign in red, white, yellow.

2000 sq/ft Coca-Cola sign Piccadilly Circus (1960s) featured 6,300’ of glass, 173 transformers.

Ruby Red, Jasmine Yellow, Light Green, Magenta, White. The “C” of Cola ~ 174' of glass.

See it: youtu.be/KvMy8G2U7wg?t=6
Photo: Charles W. Cushman, 1961, Indiana Univ. Libraries

#neonsigns #vintageneon

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10 months ago

A neon sign with a red word “READ” inside a blue thought bubble.

Custom neon for the marvelous person and publisher, Ellen Adler.
And a friendly reminder of the joys of reading a book.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork #booksky

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10 months ago

It's not well crafted and this is a poorly and unprofessionally installed piece.

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10 months ago

Advertisement from magazine FilmIndia that contains hand-drawn art deco style artwork of several tall buildings with neon signs as well as the company’s contact information.

Happy World Art Deco Day!

This advertisement for neon ran in the May 1938 edition of FilmIndia.

Thanks to Atul Kumar of Art Deco Mumbai for this one.
www.artdecomumbai.com

#neon #glassart #neonsigns #vintageneon #artdeco

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11 months ago

Thanks, Eve.

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11 months ago

Two neon wasps hanging side-by-side in a gallery. One has green wings and a magenta body and the other has magenta wings and a green body.

Congratulations on a great show by the fabulous Rebecca Lawton Flatters including two neon renderings by Rocket Neon, W.A.S.P. I & W.A.S.P. II.

On view @ roosevelt.audubon.org

#neon #neonsigns #neonartwork #glassart

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11 months ago

Neon sign hanging in window that reads, "ROCKET NEON" in turquoise lettering with purple and red borders. Bright blue sky seen in the background.

Blue skies over Red Hook!

#neon #glassart #neonartwork #redhook

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11 months ago

An array of neon tubes - orange, green and blue - planted in a clay pot on a table top.

Spring comes to Rocket Neon in Brooklyn!

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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1 year ago

Glass tubing shaped in the form of a neuron filled with neon gas.

Neon neuron.

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1 year ago

Saves a lot of $ on a double-faced sign!

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1 year ago

Sometimes, you just have to shout something positive!

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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1 year ago

A series of irregular neon shapes in warm white stacked to look like a cairn.

Turn your Idea into custom neon fit for any setting.

Neon cairn for the marvelous @harlyng.bsky.social‬

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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1 year ago

Ketamine eyes.

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1 year ago

Graffiti drawn on the pavement spelling out the word, "NEON."

One might believe they’ve chosen the right profession when this graffiti is spotted on the pavement on the way in to the neon shop. Who did this? How did they know? Why?

#neon #neonsigns

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1 year ago

Neon rendering of John Lennon's self-portrait.

“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it,” John Lennon.

#neon #glassart #neonartwork

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