Our Crew

  • Rich Marvill bending a block letter E out of clear glass tubing at Lightship Neon

    Rich Marvill

    Rich is our main glass bender. With over 30 years experience in creating neon, he's the person taking the patterns from concept to reality. During our classes, he's the one demonstrating how to turn straight glass tubes into curvy creations. You'll most often find him at the bending table, usually with an older movie or TV show playing in the background, in his words, "to keep him from overthinking what he's working on."

  • Jared Haworth bending glass in a six point crossfire at Lightship Neon

    Jared Haworth

    Jared is our skipper - he's generally the first person you'll see when entering the shop; Jared handles the day-to-day administrative work, sales, neon pattern creation, and final assembly of our signs. He left a 20 year career in technology to focus on neon sign-making, and in his (little) free time, he's working to build his skills as a glass bender as well.