Meet the people behind the glowing exhibition of neon art at the Zilker Botanical Garden.
No one else in Austin, at least, and likely no one else in Texas: supercharging the verdant acres of Zilker Botanical Garden for six nights with more than 100 fantastical works of neon art, works of technical and artistic creativity so huge and so extraordinary that the familiar place is transformed into a wonderland of illuminated, frequently kinetic, often interactive glass and gas and steel and wow.
Forever ago: before our quiet college town morphed into the sort of 24/7 tech-bro carnival it is today. But now, among the parts of Austin that remain worthy of our love: Who made that eye-catching sign for Stubb's BBQ on Red River? Ion Art. Who made those signs for Maudie's Tex-Mex, the Broken Spoke, El Chilito, Emmer & Rye, Stiles Switch, Oilcan Harry's, and ? Ion Art.
"But it's not just the two of us," added Greg, gesturing into the main warehouse that brims with arcane machinery and the artisans who use it."We've been doing this for years, and we always have a ton of talented people working here." He begins pedaling; the wooden waves undulate in front of a cephalopod behemoth that's risen in full tentacular glory.
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