When I first met Evan Voyles in his sweatbox of a workshop in Austin, back in 2015, I knew it would only be a matter of time until I hired him to make me a neon sign. I was there to film an episode of Somebody’s Gotta Do It, with a man my producer described The Undisputed King of Neon, which was certainly apt. But Evan is so much more than an entrepreneur who built a thriving business around a colorless, odorless, and chemically inert noble gas; he’s also an artist who turned the world around him into his canvas, and a natural-born philosopher whose worldview I found every bit as compelling as his indisputable talent.
Shame on me for taking so long to place a commission, but I finally got around to it earlier this year, which is why my podcast studio is now awash in the warm glow of not one, but two examples of Evan’s artistry – the mikeroweWORKS logo which now appears over my head, and The Way I Heard It logo which appears over the heads of all those guests who graciously agree to appear on my podcast. Both are awesome and dramatically improve the vibe of the place I used to call a bedroom, back when mikeroweWORKS was just getting started.
Today, I want you to meet the man behind the gas, as it were, and catch up with one of the most unique craftsmen working today. Our conversation was everything I knew it would be, and more.
Watch our entire conversation here:
https://bit.ly/TWIHI479EvanVoyles
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