First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art explores art making as a devotional practice, presenting breathtaking works that connect both artists and viewers to spirituality, wonder, and universal ...

Here Brooklyn Glass co-founder David Ablon leads several eager students who have signed up to learn how to work with neon. He is a thin man, with brown but graying hair, surrounded by his medium.

That first sign — it said “OPEN” — was only the beginning for Schurman and Gas ‘n Glass. Schurman’s hand-crafted neon signs accompanied Papa Murphy’s as it expanded across the nation.

“You have to have tenacity and ability to learn skills that take years to master, so it’s not an easy thing to become a neon glass blower. A tenacity and patience with one’s self is very ...