About this Product
Additional photos for the Personalized Lithophane Photo Lamps.
- Please create a separate cart item for each Photo, (this helps to ensure you purchase the correct amount you want, QTY discount will be applied at checkout)
- The photos used on this listing are for demonstration purposes only, you have the ability to upload your own photos to add to an existing Lithophane Photo Lamp!
Please note: the quality of the photos used will affect the final product. When possible please provide original/uncropped photos. For best results use photos with good contrast. These lithophanes are square so photos will be cropped when necessary.
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How it’s Made
Each lamp and lithophane are created with a 3D printer out of a material called Polylactic acid, (also known as PLA) which is a thermoplastic monomer derived from renewable, organic sources such as corn starch or sugar cane, making it both environmentally friendly as well as biodegradable.
A lithophane (French: lithophanie) is an etched or molded artwork in very thin translucent porcelain or plastic that can be seen clearly only when back lit with a light source.[1][2][3] It is a design or scene in intaglio that appears "en grisaille" (in gray) tones.[1][2][3]
A lithophane presents a three-dimensional image – completely different from two-dimensional engravings and daguerreotypes that are "flat".[1][2][3] The images change characteristics depending on the light source behind them.[1][2][3] Window lithophane panel scenes change throughout the day depending on the amount of sunlight.[1][2][3] The varying lightsource is what makes lithophanes more interesting to the viewer than two-dimensional pictures.[1][2][3]
The word "lithophane" derives from Greek "litho", which is from "lithos" which means stone or rock, and "phainein" meaning "to cause to appear" or "to cause to appear suddenly".[2] From this is derived a meaning for lithophane of "light in stone" or to "appear in stone" as the three-dimensional image appears suddenly when lit with a back light source.[1]
