The above lot of artifacts were recently sent to me by a lady who had found them while doing some cleaning. They belonged to her father, Caryl Johnson, who had briefly been a neon tubebender prior to WWII. These items had been stored away in an old cigar box and long forgotten. To many, such… Continue reading Cigar Box Neon
Tag: neon archaeology
Tilted Triode
A while back I had posted about the use of a couple of old chicken brooder lamps in other projects. (see, “Brooding Over It” http://www.novioljourneys.com/?p=796) Towards the end of that article I referenced a planned use for one of them as a platform upon which to mount one of my neon art creations. I just… Continue reading Tilted Triode