On August 2nd Shawna Peterson and Libby Cahill will host a neon letterform bending demonstration on-site at the Tenderloin Museum. Peterson is the artist responsible for the glowing “Home” sign-sculpture in the Tenderloin Museum’s Neon Home gallery show, and she has earned a reputation as a master tubebend and torchbearer for the light source. Her work has been featured in Wired and KQED’s Bay Curious podcast, and her piece “Neon Noise Reduction,” commissioned by Dolby Laboratories, is contemporary masterpiece of intricacy and craft. Peterson will be joined by fellow tubebender Libby Cahill for an up-close demonstration of the by-hand processes that go into creating a new neon, meticulously shaping and slicing tubes against white-hot flames. Neon Home will be on display in the Tenderloin Museum gallery through August 12, 2018.
This event is part of a pair of events that explore the nature of neon: SF Neon/Historic Neon Network’s Tenderloin Neon A-Z Walking Tour on July 26th, with SF Neon founders Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan.
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This event is part of a pair of events that explore the nature of neon: SF Neon/Historic Neon Network’s Tenderloin Neon A-Z Walking Tour on July 26th, with SF Neon founders Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan.
On August 2nd Shawna Peterson and Libby Cahill will host a neon letterform bending demonstration on-site at the Tenderloin Museum. Peterson is the artist responsible for the glowing “Home” sign-sculpture in the Tenderloin Museum’s Neon Home gallery show, and she has earned a reputation as a master tubebend and torchbearer for the light source. Her work has been featured in Wired and KQED’s Bay Curious podcast, and her piece “Neon Noise Reduction,” commissioned by Dolby Laboratories, is contemporary masterpiece of intricacy and craft. Peterson will be joined by fellow tubebender Libby Cahill for an up-close demonstration of the by-hand processes that go into creating a new neon, meticulously shaping and slicing tubes against white-hot flames. Neon Home will be on display in the Tenderloin Museum gallery through August 12, 2018.
This event is part of a pair of events that explore the nature of neon: SF Neon/Historic Neon Network’s Tenderloin Neon A-Z Walking Tour on July 26th, with SF Neon founders Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan.
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This event is part of a pair of events that explore the nature of neon: SF Neon/Historic Neon Network’s Tenderloin Neon A-Z Walking Tour on July 26th, with SF Neon founders Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan.
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