Paint It Black

Here are the flat plane starfish tubes, coated with blockout paint. Soon to have the paint scratched away into a starfish design.

It's very messy. These paint drips are actually dry.

Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

Beginnings of a New Project! Optic Fiber Plush Jellyfish! Need I say more:


Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson

Safety Glasses Required, Safety Dances Optional!

I just finished bombarding 6 neon tubes in one night! A new record for me! I am pretty PUMPED about this.

Sunglasses at Night - Corey Heart (YouTube)

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

I'm Beginning To See The Light

Working like a mad lady in the neon shop this week. Here's what the inside of last week's starfish lamp looks like, some nice, simple shapes. The neon will be held on to the frame with standoff glass toggles.
And onto the next neon starfish. The pieces will be layered, like this, blacked out, and the image of a starfish will be scraped away out of the different glass tubes. It'll be a reddish-pink color. There are 6 tubes here, all with electrodes sealed onto the ends. There's a lot of patterns that can be made, too, checkerboards and waves. Now, to pump them all!
And now presenting, in several installments, a Neon Mix (Vol. 1):

I'm Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald

Electricity- The Avalanches

Neon Bible - The Arcade Fire

Danger of the Water

This week's Illustration Friday topic: Breezy.

I like to think of illustrations as stills from a movie. And now, I present the soundtrack:

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

Russian Sailors' Dance - Reinhold Gliere (Youtube)

Sloop John B - The Beach Boys

Ocean of Noise - The Arcade Fire

Danger of the Water- The Futureheads

Stormy Weather - Ella Fitzgerald (Youtube)

Raincoat Song - The Decemberists

The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists