Animated Neon Eye for Simon Moretti

I was recently approached by the artist Simon Moretti to re-appraise a piece he had previously had made of a single neon eye and he was looking to add an additional layer of neon and animate the two together. Simon sent me the visual below as a guide to what he was looking to achieve.

The glass used was 10mm White 3500K for the lashes and lower eye and 10mm standard green for the iris on the first layer with 10mm White 4500K and 10mm Super Blue iris on the second layer.

The two separate eyes were mounted using 70mm high tube supports for the outer layer, with the same tube supports cut down to 25mm for the lower bottom layer.

In these photos I have rigged the piece up on my bench over the installation drawing to check that it all fits together correctly.  The electrodes and joining pieces of glass were painted out in a grey paint.

This picture shows the two separate transformers and two way flasher unit that was used to animate the two eyes.

 

A short video of the neon piece flashing from one channel to the other to check and adjust the speed of flash.

New Neon Sign At The Studio

I've just finished a new neon sign to adorn the window of my studio/workshop. The "Neon" is made from 10mm clear glass with 30mA electrodes filled with neon gas while the "Enjoy" is made from 12mm snow white glass with 30mA electrodes filled with a neon/argon mix (blue gas). Due to a lack of space between the window and the security bars the neon has been hung from nickel wire, soon to be replaced with fishing twine. I can see a soft drinks company liking the type face, I'm sure it won't be long before you see it everywhere.