READ ABOUT NEON
Below is our recommended selections for reading about Neon, from historical and pictorial content to technical guidance. There are plenty of books to buy from as well as informative blogs and facebook forums from our community of experts.
Neon Primer
By Kacie Lees
The 2nd edition of Kacie’s artful self published book on Neon presents the science and cultural history of Neon while offering insights into the craft through instructional illustrations and included bending patterns
The Neon Superguide
Randall Caba
The "Neon Superguide Complete How-To Manual" is the successor to the Neon Principles reference and Neon Principles Workbook (out of print) This 216-page handbook combines the previous guides with upgraded-updated illustrations and text, more helpful photos and three new chapters - more than one hundred fifty pictures, tables and illustrations in all. It also includes additional exercises, savvy tips and tricks, and eight authoritative articles first printed in Sign Builder Illustrated Magazine.
Saving Neon, A best Practices Guide
Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan of SF Neon. This guidebook gives you the information you need to kick into conservation mode to “save the sign” using neon best practices. Includes resource links and organizations to contact.
Neon, A light History
Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein. Is it possible that (once again) everything we know is wrong? Well, in regards to the history of neon, this may well be the case. Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein have penned a brief, but concise history of the neon sign beginning at the beginning, and covering scandals, murder, fascists, and forgotten inventors. A full-color, lavishly illustrated electrical bodice ripper, aficionados of neon will find this an indispensable “bible” to the history of their favorite collision of art and commerce.
Neon, The Next Generation
Dean Blazek, Michael Blazek 1995
A collectible that’s now back in print from the publishers! From the origins of neon through a contemporary shop layout, this book covers it all: gas, electrical and air supplies, pumping, filling, ageing-in, loading, assembly and more. Neon: The Next Generation takes the reader through all the steps of setting up a neon shop and getting started making neon signs and graphics. It also includes an important chapter on hazards, including mercury, asbestos, electrical fires, lead glass and phosphors.
There is no online ordering - please contact Northern Advertising through the link below to email or call to purchase over the phone.
715 - 623 - 3000
Neon ABC’s
(3 books)
This book presents drawings and working patterns for script capitals and lowercase neon letters. It shows the various bends, double-backs and block-outs required for each letter. If you are looking for a book that will show you exactly how to bend and shape the glass for form every letter in the alphabet, these are it. A MUST HAVE for the studio and a collectible that’s back in print.
There is no online ordering - please contact Northern Advertising through the link below to email or call to purchase over the phone.
715 - 623 - 3000
NOVIOL Journeys
A blog by “Neon Archeologist” Robert Haus. Neon, Art, Science, Technology, and History With Some Anectdotes For Your Amusement