Cast iron oil lamp with lithophane porcelain inserts (1860–79) (Museum Catharijneconvent, via Wikimedia) Imperceptible in the light, only when illuminated by flame in the dark is a 19th-century ...

Baylor University chemist Bryan F. Shaw shows a tactile lithophane codex of a butterfly, which high-school students from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired used as the base image, ...

Although the lithophane is an ancient artistic medium, it has never been used to represent scientific data and imagery in a quantitative, controlled manner for tactile visualization and tactile ...

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Historically speaking, lithophanes are images made in porcelain with an etching or moulding process, in which an image is visible when backlit due to the varying thickness of the material. Porcelain ...

Lithophane printing, a historic art form, is being revitalized through modern 3D printing techniques, refined slicer workflows, and optical innovations. Makers are combining material science, ...

3D printing lithophanes is where you turn 2D images into 3D models, which, when you 3D print and backlit, it reveals the image. To create a lithophane, you begin by uploading a photo to a lithophane ...

Lithophanes are neat little artistic creations that use variations in the thickness of a material to reveal an image when lit from behind. 3D printing is a great way to make lithophanes, and they can ...