Meryl Pataky: "History Repeats itself; THE "LED NEON" Confusion"

1/27/2018

Hello Lightning Tamers!

I'm sharing with you a blog post by Mery Pataky, she's an artist that uses neon in her work is ways that are outside of of a convential setting, as well as a curator and promotor of wemen Neon Benders and Artists. Check out her recent post aobut LED and Neon, regarding misinformation on saftey and effiency remarks against neon.

Also read through her post on interviews with various women neon artists and benders, you'll get an insight on how these artist and makers get around to making and persuing their work, talk about issues regarding learning and working, as well as discussions on the medium itself.

Since following her on instagram, and checking out her page, I'm interested talking with her, and having her on the podcast in the near future.

History Repeats Itself; THE "LED NEON" Confusion

You're scrolling through instagram and see this super cute "neon" sign that would look AMAZING above your couch and immediately buy it. Or, maybe you notice something and visit the website to see it looks different than most neon signs you've seen. Perhaps you're sold by the price and ju

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LED's - It's irrefutable, LED's are more efficient than incandescent light bulbs . As an example, simply look at holiday light strands. The old incandescent holiday light strands usually allowed up to 4 be connected end to end. With LED holiday light strands, some manufacturers allow up to 40 strands to be connected end-to-end, all attributed to it's energy efficiency.

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Percy Echols II
Taming Lightning ⚡