Meet The Neon Tube Benders Who Light Up Atlanta’s Streets

Neon signs are all over the streets of American cities, from the simple red ones that let you know a business is “open” to the more elaborate lights that adorn old theaters and hotels.

But what you probably don’t know about those familiar, bright-colored signs is that, whether they’re words or pictures, they’re all shaped by hand. By people known as “neon tube benders.”  

WABE’s Stephannie Stokes visited a neon shop in Atlanta, called the Neon Company, and met two tube benders ─ Gregg Brenner and Blaze Pearson ─ to learn a little about the craft.