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I still need to paint and hang the neon cat. The cat is approximately 5 feet high. The neon is actually LED encased in plastic cover to simulate neon.
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The cat face is fused glass. I used white neon so you can see the fused glass colors.
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The outline of the cat was done in Adobe Illustrator. The program allows you to print the design out on 8 ½” by 11” paper which you tape together. This allows you to scale the design to the size that works using the LED neon. The plastic coating has limits on how tight of a radius that you can bend it.
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The neon is supported by aluminum channel. It comes in 3 foot lengths which I cut into 1 ¼” length which I bolted to the steel frame.
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The framing supporting the neon is 5/16” diameter steel rod. The steel rod turned out to be a little too flexible so I had to add additional support. When I paint the frame white, it will blend into my white walls.