Zodiac Room
In the continuing saga of my Zodiac Room sign, I'm am grateful to say the story is over and the piece has been restored.
Long story short, I dug the channel letters, their neon tubes and the plastic faces out of a dumpster years ago. The new owners of the restaurant space didn't care for them and tossed them out just at the moment I was driving by. The timing was right and they were mine.
Years later, the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) puts together a show based on the design of words in signage and artwork. This Googie piece would be perfect for the show and became my kick in the pants to geterdone. Months of searching for the right can company and getting one piece screwed up after another, getting the broken C repaired, and getting it wired, transformers bought and etc... well thankfully it's lit!
With a lot of help and guidance from MONA and its crew, I'm so very gratefully that it's working again. I've yet to do it, but I'm going to write a nice thank you check to them for their help.
Once I get a photo of the lit Zodiac Room, I'll definitely post it here. In the meantime, go to MONA and check it out in person!
Zodiac Room
In the continuing saga of my Zodiac Room sign, I'm am grateful to say the story is over and the piece has been restored.
Long story short, I dug the channel letters, their neon tubes and the plastic faces out of a dumpster years ago. The new owners of the restaurant space didn't care for them and tossed them out just at the moment I was driving by. The timing was right and they were mine.
Years later, the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) puts together a show based on the design of words in signage and artwork. This Googie piece would be perfect for the show and became my kick in the pants to geterdone. Months of searching for the right can company and getting one piece screwed up after another, getting the broken C repaired, and getting it wired, transformers bought and etc... well thankfully it's lit!
With a lot of help and guidance from MONA and its crew, I'm so very gratefully that it's working again. I've yet to do it, but I'm going to write a nice thank you check to them for their help.
Once I get a photo of the lit Zodiac Room, I'll definitely post it here. In the meantime, go to MONA and check it out in person!