The movie "The Making of Neon Signs" depicting the manufacturing site of a neon light which became a light of the wind anymore

Speaking of Hong Kong, there are many people who imagine a night city filled with signs of glittering neon lights. A movie that explains how such a neon light is made togetherThe Making of Neon Signs"The present figure of the neon light industry slowly disappearing is drawn.

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Hong Kong's night town illuminated by neon lights.


Mr. Wu of a neon light craftworkman says, "Without neon lights, Hong Kong seems to be a ghost town."


The heyday of the neon light business ranged from the 1980's to the 1990's.


Mr. Liu of a neon light craftworker looks back then at that time saying "There was an order that can not be judged clearly."


"There is a word" There is a feature of Hong Kong in the design ", but that is about neon light," Liu says.


A studio to make neon lights.


It is said that there are lots of uninteresting work that neon light making is poor in stimulation.


Mr. Zen, a young artisan, said that he was not interested in making neon lights at the beginning of his work.


However, as I continue working, I find fun and I will continue for 18 years.


Neon light which reproduces up to the fine part of kanji.


Neon light typeface is divided according to store's business style.


According to Mr. Fen, there seems to be a tendency that the type "Northern Wei body" which gives a powerful image in the martial art dojo and sports clubs is preferred, and the restaurant likes a simpler typeface in the restaurant.


Draw small letters with one line ......


Large letters emphasize the outline and draw it as a bag character with two lines.


Ali is a design such as drawing a line in characters.


When drawing a bag character, it seems to first make an image by sketching on paper.


He sometimes writes letters by changing the size and compares them.


Design without touching the computer without observing it.


When the sketch is completed, work to image how to bend the glass tube.


In the process of imagining such things as "Where do you start and how can you work without burning your hands?", The way people do it depends on people, experience is things to say things.


I mark a mark with a choke in the bending part.


Cover the glass with a burner ......


Occasionally I will bend carefully while breathing.


The temperature will rise to about 800 degrees.


While overlapping with the sketch, letters are made little by little.


Electrode called "lighthead".


Place the electrode in a glass tube and seal it.


A part called "stomach" for putting neon gas.


To prevent cracking of excessively heated glass, sandwich the material called "mica slice" at the junction.


Combustion test after connecting the glass tube.


It is a sign that it is close to vacuum when the electrode is heated red.


If the light goes out, it means that it became a vacuum.


After that, add neon gas and check gas pressure.


Closing the ileum is completed.


It is said that the new Neon light with a high vacuum level glows brightly.


There are two large gases used neon lights.


He said he would use neon gas when he wants to produce a red color, and argon gas when he wishes to produce a blue color.


Then apply powder to the glass tube and adjust the color. For example, it seems that if you put neon gas in a glass tube painted with blue powder it will shine pink.


By turning neon gas into a blue glass tube, it changes to orange, and so on, by changing the type of gas to be sealed and the glass tube, the neon light is made to shine in various colors.


Neon lights are troubles with light shining and falling.


"My mentor was driving the bike with one neon light and headed for the neon light exchange work," Mr. Wu says.


A big change is coming at night in Hong Kong, now colored with neon lights. It is the appearance of long life LED light.


"The LED is trying to kill the neon light industry, but what can we do together?"


Neon lights are steadily disappearing from Hong Kong's night town.


The order continues to decrease, and it is said that it is approaching a level where you can not live.


Neon lights are on the verge of extinction.