Litho just carved

[rcdages]

Hello All,
Here is the litho I carved just yesterday.
Photo I used and two photo's of same litho, just a bit different in the back lighting.

[jaroot]

Looks real good!

[aokweld101]

Nice on your litho's carving... I think I had asked you before on you boxes to fit your lithophanes how wide are the boxes ? And what wattage do you use for the light ? I had made only one so far and made it out of 1"X4". Trial and error gets expensive !

[rcdages]

aokweld101,

I make the box 2" in depth and use LED rope lights the new ones that I am trying run on two AA batteries.

I will keep you posted on how that works.

[Mike1]

Your lithos turned out great. Did you do anything special to the photograph? What type of rope lighting, are you able to cut it to size? I have been having a really difficult time finding lighting that can be adjusted. I have tried pucks but they are not as good. Thanks.

[armyman1105]

I have done quite a few of these lithos and have found that using a light strip instead of light rope works wonders nice bright white light. I just make a box on the back of the frame maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch deep just big enough for the light strip to be glued or tacked or however you want to keep it to the inside edges then drill a small hole through for the wire to come through and solder a switch to it and then go to radio shack or somewhere and find a plug in as batteries will go fast in them that whole endevour will cost around 40 or so but well worth it.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...mString=search
these are the light strips like I use and then just find the power cord that does the 12 v whatever amps your using.
I am not advertising for these guys just the only place that I could think of that would have something on quick notice right before xmas

[SharonB]

Another very nice Litho Robert. I look forward to seeing your work at Conference.

[rcdages]

SharonB,

I am so looking forward to seeing you this year.

Thank you for the kind words about my work.

A 1,000 thank yous to everyone else who has spoken about my lito's

[cjudas]

Very nice. I just got m first pieces of acrylic and can't wait to try a litho. I am going to follow the steps outlined in "Tips and Tricks" and see what happens. I can only dream that it will be even close to yours.

[zan29]

Very nice!