The project
The collector specifically wanted the two most fundamental neon colors — the bare gas glow of neon and of argon/mercury, with no phosphor coating or colored glass involved anywhere — treated as the entire material palette of the piece, which meant the whole design had to be resolved in just those two hues rather than reaching for a phosphor color to round out the composition.
Mounted on a freestanding steel armature with all transformers and wiring concealed inside the base rather than visible behind the glass.