Coming Sunday: Artcraft Neon on Julian Road still creates neon signs, a dying art.
Brent Nicholas, a third-generation neon bender, blows glass tubes and bends them to create shapes and letters from simple to dramatic.
Wife Paulette Nicholas fills the sealed tubes with inert gases, which glow when electrified.
Although neon has fallen out of favor in the past six years with the rising popularity of high-tech LED lights, some businesses like Harris Teeter still like the look of exposed neon and use Artcraft to create their nostalgic signs.
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