Neon signs are cool, but they can be fragile and expensive if you need a custom design. If you’d rather make your own on the cheap, you can use EL wire, some simple plastic tubing, and a heat gun.

“It’s really sad, it was so iconic,” says Jive Lau Ho-fai, 39, who runs the Kowloneon workshop, in Kwun Tong, East Kowloon, where customers can make their own neon sign or piece of art in ...

"To be able to make it is almost magical." Neon has been receiving a lot of attention recently, becoming a social media star of its very own ... anyone can sign up to take a neon bending class ...