Neon was by far the most dangerous, (and therefore the most fun), art form I've ever tried.
50,000 volts of electricity are needed to make Neon lights.
Liquid Mercury is used to make it blue, and toxic dust for coloring the glass.
Oh, and to bend the breakable glass, you use hot torches to turn it into molten liquid using a natural gas pipeline that can blow up the building if a leak goes undetected.

The Christmas tree and the Bud sign were for clients, while the fins and the strange circular piece in the middle were final projects regarding animation and multi-colored light use. The flower was a combination of hand-drawn art converted into a dremel carving in acrylic plastic, combined with a plotter that cut out text onto a transfer sticker lit by a neon frame.

The Neon Angel is also a hand-carved dremel carving in acrylic plastic, lit by a neon frame.

The guy's name was Bud, honest to Godess. A neon surfboard Two fins.My BFA projectSame tree, a bit later... Same tree, a bit later...

Same tree, a bit later... Same tree, a bit later... Same tree, a bit later... Same tree, a bit later...Same tree, a bit later...Same tree, a bit later...

The "cross-fire burner" is what we primarily used to bend the glass tubes, but we also employed a hand torch, a ribbon burner, and hand files. (click any picture to make it larger, but be sure your popup blocker is turned off.)

cross fire burner

Listed below are the various art mediums that I have deemed "Unusual Art" for lack of a better place to list them:

  • My Web Comic - "Fallen" - Volume 1 and Volume 2. (I wrote, illustrated, and programmed it before the "actual" Fallen comic was created by the comic book industry.)
  • Though not listed here, I've also tried: Holography, Photography, Film Developing, Digital Photography, Analog Video, Digital Video, Video Editing, 2D Animation, Sound Recording/Editing, Traditional Painting - Acrylics, Watercolor Painting, Colored Pencil, Digital Drawing, Pre-press Design for Print, Web Design, Director, Sculpting with clay, Woodworking, Cooking, Singing, Violin, Guitar, Martial Arts, and Acting