The Practice
Studio Process
A record of hand-bent glass, inherited tools, and the sustained study of light in Dani Bonnet’s Los Angeles studio.
VANS × Dani Bonnet | Neon Sign
A film from the VANS collaboration featuring Dani Bonnet’s neon practice.
Lineage
Dani Bonnet’s practice begins with a family history of neon repair in Las Vegas and a toolbox of inherited bending equipment. In Los Angeles, that lineage became an apprenticeship in the physical discipline of glass and flame.
Each work holds the tension between technical precision and the unruly behavior of light: a drawing becomes a pattern, a tube is heated and shaped, and the finished form changes again when it is illuminated.
At the Flame
From line to light
Studio images and films are arranged as an evolving archive rather than a fixed instructional sequence. They can document drawing, shaping, close-up material details, testing, and installation as the practice grows.
I. Drawing & Pattern
Sketches, full-scale patterns, and the first decisions that establish scale and gesture.
II. Glass & Heat
Still photographs or a short film of bending, joining, testing, and the material’s response to heat.
III. Light & Installation
Finished details, illumination tests, and the transition from the bench into space.
From Studio to Artwork
Follow the finished work
Each catalogue page can carry its own materials, dimensions, statement, collection context, and process gallery—connecting this broader practice archive to individual works.
Studio Notes
Exhibitions, new work & process
Receive occasional notes from the studio, along with exhibitions and new work.