Cool Neon Wire Lights up Gencon

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Aug 212013
 

jessica at gencon  jessica at gencon2Our customer Jessica wrote us this note a couple of days ago and we thought you might like to see it:

A few months ago I placed a Cool Neon order in order to finish a cosplay that I debuted at Gencon a few days ago. I just got some pictures back and thought I’d pass them on.. because… hey, pictures are cool.

I’m not sure if you’re fans of Starcraft, but what the hell. I ran a real-life dungeon crawl at the convention a few hours after dark and was completely freaking people out by the AMAZING glow from my suit. I had sooooo many questions, and plugged you guys quite a bit. 🙂 And had a lot of people ask me how to work with the wire and how to solder it…. so I wanted to say thanks for the amazing tutorials on your site, because without them i’d be glow-less.

Amazing product that you have!

Thanks for your note and photos Jessica, YES, we LOVE photos.  You look fabulous and we are here to help any time we can.
Benny, Karen and the Elves

Soldering Parties on Saturday August 10th and August 17th

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Aug 062013
 

Come learn the (really simple) skill of soldering EL Wire – and light up your creations!

Our annual Soldering Parties at Cool Neon are here again!
4 – 9 pm: Saturdays, August 10th, and August 17th.
Come to our shop in Oakland to learn everything you need to know to get you glowing, they have been an annual tradition since 1999.  Soldering workshops and project advice are always free.  Bring your ideas, bikes, vehicles, outfits, questions, patience, kids, friends, and enthusiasm.

IMG_2806FREE soldering demonstration!
Plus we have all the Cool Neon EL Wire
you need for your Artistic creations.

Where
Cool Neon EL Wire/Funhouse Productions
1433 Mandela Parkway, West Oakland, CA 94607

bryan light room 330kThe shop will be open for any purchases you want to make and be sure and see our Light Room when you stop by.

We will be we will be leaving for the Playa after shipping our last orders on Friday, August 23rd, and we will be returning the second week of September.

 Come see our soldering demo  – give it a go – learn how to do something really awesome!

PLUS LEARN ABOUT:

Total Control Lighting!

Total Control Lighting - at Cool Neon Funhouse Productions

Benny, Karen and the Elves

Interactive Sculpture Using Total Control Lighting Pixels

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Jun 262013
 

jaki levyJaki Levy of Arrowroot Media and who’s part of the [freespace] crew handled most of the interactive / lights elements, now illuminated with Total Control Lighting pixels in our brand new diffraction Keebler Cube, and his fellow artist, Eleas Kostis of Praxis Designs did the bulk of the woodwork and metalwork on this sculpture. The photo above shows the inside of the sculpture where the pixels are being used.

jaki levy sculptureHere is a photo of the sculpture being loaded to go to the TV of Tomorrow Show that is at Yerba Buena Center right now.  You can view some of the code for the project HERE and some additional documentation can be viewed HERE.

javi sculpture
And here is the sculpture being displayed at the TV of Tomorrow Show. It looks great in the room with the Total Control Pixel Screen.
We are so excited to see this fabulous sculpture live and we especially appreciate the shared documentation.
Benny, Karen and the Elves
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