Howdy from Houston

[monkk]

Hello everyone, I am not involved in any aspect of theater, I am just very visually-oriented and have a strange fascination with lights.

Looks like a great site!

 

[CHScrew]

Welcome to CB. I hope this site has everything your looking for

 

[monkk]

el wire

Thanks CHScrew!

Note: El wire (short for "electroluminescent wire") also called neonstring, or glow wire, is flexible wire that lights up. The Blue Man Group use it a lot in their show. Here is a picture of some blue wire I took in my hallway:

I love seeing other people's pictures of what they have done with el wire. It's a relatively new technology, and most people are not familiar with it yet.

Eric

 

[avkid]

Wow, that's awesome!! Welcome to Controlbooth, If you are fascinated by flaslights(or torches) be sure to check out the candlepower forums: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/

- The OFFICIAL Welcome Wagon (part 1 of 2)
AKA "Phil"

 

[monkk]

wow!

Woah, thanks for the tip, Phil! That looks very intersting indeed! I am registering right now. It's all about light!

monkk

 

[soundman1024]

I've used el wire for lighting, only in my computer case though. I voted yes since I've used it for lighting, but I wanted to comment making sure everyone knew it was for a computer, not for professoinal application.

 

[monkk]

I've used el wire for lighting, only in my computer case though. I voted yes since I've used it for lighting, but I wanted to comment making sure everyone knew it was for a computer, not for professoinal application.

That's cool soundman. You wouldn't have a picture of it would you?

 

[ManOfLights]

I have never had an time where i have had to use el wire or el tape

 

[lightbyfire]

I recently used el wire (lighttape by electro-luminx) in a show where the set was an abstraction of a computer chip, the tape made up the filaments connecting the transistors. It can be expensive, but the effect is well worth it.

 

[SketchyCroftPpl]

Wow that stuff looks really cool, does anyone have a site for like how much it is to buy or anything like that? Doupt I have enough to really get any of it but it looks wicked sweet.

~Nick

 

[jelliott]

I'm glad you shared the "light string". I'm designing a production of Fiddler on The Roof and have an idea of how to use this during the dream scene. Great stuff from Texas!

Jim Elliott
Production Manager
The Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts
Amarillo TX