Viva Brighton Issue #30 August 2015

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design.....................................Andy DoigLight fantasticI put a bag of doughnuts onthe table in front of neon artistAndy Doig as a gesture ofthanks as he is clearly inundated.He says the demand forneon has gone right up sincehe started in Brighton over 20years ago. I ask if it’s his doing,and he replies, quietly confidently,“I like to think so”.I’m keen to see how the processworks, so Andy, relaxed whenbusy, fires up his ‘blower’ andlights the propane. He takes atube of glass from his stock ofmany colours - “a picture initself” - and heats it over the nakedflame, explaining how neonbegan as a commercial industryin the 20s and had been adoptedby artists by the middle 50s.The hot glass is bent to fit a 2Dtemplate, or 3D object, frommemory, and Andy has justthree seconds before it hardens.At intervals the tube is offeredup to a drawing, soon coveredin scorches, to see if it fits. “Youcreate it all in space,” Andy explains. “It involves yourwhole body… I find that quite therapeutic.”When he shows me how he wraps neon around a pairof animal horns, it makes me think of that fairgroundbuzzer game where you can’t let the hoop touch thewire. He agrees, “You have to work yourself up into asea of concentration”.“Neon is about atmosphere,” says Andy, who, likemany street artists, enjoys seeing his work in unexpectedplaces. “The [installations] I like best are the onesthat swallow you up… it’s notjust a picture right in front ofyou with studio lighting. It totallyencompasses you. It tricksyour brain, tricks your retina.”“[My] most ambitious projectswere the ones I did whenI didn’t know what the hell Iwas doing! I always say a milestonewas the Komedia sign;because of its audacity… I didall that on my own, more orless. And now for me to walkby and see the whole street litup... that’s probably my mostrewarding job.”Brighton is made for peoplelike Andy. “There’s nowherelike Brighton. In that, it’s gotthe commerce and the craziness…you can be a bit crazybecause there’s another crazyperson that will egg you on.”The many passers-by of hisglowing seafront studio arealso an inspiration. “You meetpeople who have workedwith neon; others that havebeen engineers; or others that have had careers andthen retired… I’m really interested in how their livesare panning out. It’s interesting to think that, after 40years of work, some still search for other things tointerest them. I know I’ll be happy doing what I donow. If what I make ends up unsold, it doesn’t matter.You’re still doing what your body’s been happy doingall those years, and that’s important.” Chloë Kingandydoig.com - see website for details of Andy’s forthcomingneon workshopsPhotos by Alex Leith....53....
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