Colorized lithophane

[fwharris]

This is a colorized lithophane carving back lighted with LED strip lights on battery power. Color transparency image on the back side of the carving. The box frame is hickory flooring

[aokweld101]

Floyd, that is a fantastic carve, I would like to know how you done the lights... I give up on selling things, I make things for myself, It is now a hobby machine..

[fwharris]

Floyd, that is a fantastic carve, I would like to know how you done the lights... I give up on selling things, I make things for myself, It is now a hobby machine..

Hope this helps you out. The only thing different is I have started painting the inside of the box white instead of using the foil tape.

[dbemus]

Clever idea! Litho techniques are constantly evolving. I like the result. Thanks for sharing.

[cestout]

I was going to say that Al. I use Paint.NET to fix up my pictures then for this I would use MS Pub or Print (or even word) shop the print it. I was thinking cost for those who don't regularly do this kind of stuff. I edit and publish a local newsletter and do other DTP stuff for the community plus the instructions to go with my projects in the store. Paint.NET is good for cropping and sizing pictures to import the 2D suite for tracing.
Clint

[bergerud]

Do you mean you used a color printed (laser or ink jet) transparency behind the litho for the color?

[fwharris]

Do you mean you used a color printed (laser or ink jet) transparency behind the litho for the color?

Yes that is what I used..

[normrichards]

paint.net is a good free program for photo editing and printing.

[fwharris]

paint.net is a good free program for photo editing and printing.

That was the first one I tried to print with and could not figure out how to get it to print out at the size I needed.

[SharonB]

Fantastic results Floyd. Those should be a hot selling item.