HARDWARE & FABRICATION
LITHOPHANE PRINTS & MOON LAMP
Custom FDM-printed lithophanes that convert photographs into backlit relief images, including a spherical moon lamp with an embedded photo lithophane and flat gift panels.
complete
- Year
- 2018
- Process
- Photo to height-map to FDM print
BACKLIT PHOTO-LITHOPHANE MOON LAMP - DARK ROOM
PHOTO-TO-RELIEF 3D-PRINTED LITHOPHANES & BACKLIT LAMP
01 / The build
Behind the project.
A series of lithophane prints: photographs converted into variable-thickness relief surfaces that reveal the image only when backlit. Includes a spherical moon lamp combining a cratered lunar shell with an embedded photo lithophane, and flat portrait panels tuned for layer height, wall thickness and light diffusion on an FDM printer.
02 / In the workshop
Project media.
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Technical details
Under the hood.
- Process
- Photo to height-map to FDM print
- Material
- White PLA
- Technique
- Variable-thickness relief (lithophane)
- Formats
- Spherical lamp shell + flat panels
Notes & outcomes
What came out of it.
- Photo-to-relief conversion pipeline producing backlit-reveal prints.
- Spherical moon lamp with an embedded photo lithophane in a cratered lunar shell.
- Flat portrait lithophane panels tuned for even light diffusion.