GLASSES FITTED, Hand Crafted Old Neon Sign, As Found religious folk art painting and off and away

and off and away

arms raised and legs spread

I would not say Sue was a master carver

and it certainly must have taken some effort to get to paint those balls inside their cages

4 7/16" x 1 7/8" x 1 1/8" deep

GLASSES FITTED, Hand Crafted Old Neon Sign, As Found religious folk art painting and off and awayI've never bought a neon sign before, but I spotted this old one, long since detached from a power source, in an antiques shop in MA on my way home from Brimfield, and fell in love with it exactly, precisely as it is, unplugged and unlit. I love the fact of a "glasses fitted" sign being made of glass, making it in many senses all about its materiality. And, unlit, and uncolored, the delicate, rather miraculous nature of the glass tubing, and