1. Begin with simple block letters then advance to script and fancier letter styles or designs​ ​
2. Use an erasable pencil or inexpensive paper  found at a sign or art supply stores. Butcher paper is sometimes used to make patterns.
3. Use a compass to draw circles . A large, inexpensive compass can be purchased at art supply stores.
4. Use french curves to aid drawing irregular curves. Draw freehand curves from the inside. This is more natural than drawing from outside the curve.
5. Use a light table to reverse and image. The light shines through the paper pattern making it easy to transfer the image to bending pattern material or to the paper backside. Or, simply trace over the design with a maerk so the ink soaks through the paper to the backside. Large sheets of carbon paper also are used to reverse the pattern but are messy.

• Using large windows and natural lights
• Using projector on to the wall

• “Deadly Neon”: a lethal dose of art criticism

• EP 4: Electrode School w/ Robert Haus
• P. 7-8 Preface
  • Be willing to share the best of the knowledge
  • Make quality work
• Editor note: we are connected, the individual affects to group,  an the group the individual. Support not Division.

This book presents ideas and methods to “tweak” your machinery as well as yourself to produce your best work.
The Neon Engineers Notebook Second Edition
by Morgan Crook & Jacob Fishman
Soft cover, 9 in. x 7 in., 223 pages
Ton’s of illustrations and black and white photos.
​Available Now………………$37.95

This instructional video demonstrates a variety of processing techniques. Produced by the ISA, this Neon Processing Guide DVD minimizes the guesswork that goes into preparing and pumping neon tubes.
Disc features: English and Spanish
​
35 minutes.

Available Now……. $47

• Designing the neon pattern
• Tube bending
• Bombarding
• Pumping
• Final assembly

Learn the craft of neon at your own pace with this highly detailed, two-hour video. 
120 minutes.

Available Now……. $47