My old pal, Stuart Ziff talking about the life, many accomplishments and interests, and sculpture of our dear late friend Larry Albright at the @museumofneonart at Friday’s opening. Go see the show!! At the opening I told an anecdote about an early crackle tube piece of Larry’s from the mid seventies. On Saturday, Stu shared with us a notebook that he had saved from the trash (!) that had this original sketch of the piece. Amazing. That drawing may be all that remains if it today. The third photo shows my life long friend Mitchell Wade and Stuart in his studio. Stuart, Mitch and I all meet Larry in 1973 when we all were 23 years old. 💡💛
TOMORROW**Huge Neon Studio Closing Sale
Aargon Neon, 726 2nd Ave, Crockett, CA 94525. Feb. 17-18. Sat. 9-2, Sun. 9-1. All items sold “as is “. All sales final. From the vault: Corning Cobalt, Signtrol 6pt. Zip action flasher. 300 flashes per minute. 4mm Houde E 165 miniature neon tubing. 2mm Hardner Glass company redraw soft glass neon tubing made for **One From the Heart** miniatures. Masonlite end caps for 15MM tubing.
Huge Neon Studio Closing Sale
Aargon Neon, 726 2nd Ave, Crockett, CA 94525. Feb. 17-18. Sat. 9-2, Sun. 9-1. All items sold “as is”. All sales final. *** A two circuit MERCURY animator switch from the Sign Animation Corp of California. “Anyone…WILL BE PROSECUTED…ya da, ya da…” mercury contacts don’t wear out. I got this from the man I apprenticed to 50 years ago. Maybe you’ll do something with it.
Huge Neon Studio Closing Sale
Aargon Neon, 726 2nd Ave, Crockett, CA 94525. Feb. 17-18. Sat. 9-2, Sun. 9-1. All items sold “as is”, all sales final.
1. Signs, Sculptures, and Treasures from the vault like this “Sue-Shi” sign from Howard the Duck.
2. Glass, Electrodes, Gas, and Neon Hardware.
3. Switches, Transformers and oddities.
4. Books and LPs
5. Souvenirs from the past 50 years.
6. Variacs!!
7. Mica plus other glass shop stuff.
8. Corning Ruby
9. 24” ribbon burner head (+17”). Other tools available.
10. Helium gas from the final days of the Nixon Administration.
ALL THIS AND MORE!
The last time. My first tube was processed in my shop in Signal Hill on July 18, 1975. My last two tubes were processed out of my shop in Valona, CA today, January 21, 2024. An unfinished sample tube of my favorite currently available mercury colors and a repair of the long neglected broken “Sue-shi” sign from Howard the Duck (1986). Slide two shows an ice bath to capture unwanted impurities. The plumber comes tomorrow to unhook the natural gas manifold from the city gas system and we disconnect the bombarder from the panel. Goodbye little plant.
