Custom made heirloom Lithophanes with LED frames made in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Custom Carved Lithophanes Made From Your Photos

What is a lithophane? Click here to read about it.

Click on the pictures to see a larger view. Please see our examples and order form below:

Example of a 8x10 landscape lithophane with LED lighted frame. The cost is $135.00 for either landscape or portrait orientation. The front of the frame is made out of solid oak. The base of the frame is made out of aspen and birch. There is a switch on the back of the frame to turn the LED lights on and off. The frame comes with a 12 volt adapter to plug into the wall. The price includes shipping in the continental United States.
No Back Lighting	LED Lights Turned On	Side View of the Frame

Example of a 5x7 portrait lithophane with LED lighted frame. The cost is $110.00 for either landscape or portrait orientation. The front of the frame is made out of solid oak. The base of the frame is made out of aspen and birch. There is a switch on the back of the frame to turn the LED lights on and off. The frame comes with a 12 volt adapter to plug into the wall. The price includes shipping in the continental United States.
No Back Lighting	LED Lights Turned On	Side View of the Frame

Example of a 8x10 portrait lithophane without frame. The cost is $50.00 for either landscape or portrait orientation. The lithophane comes with two suction cups so that it can be hung from a window. You could also frame this yourself and leave the back of the frame off so light can pass through. During the day when the sun is shinning through the window you will see the lithophane come to life. When the sun is not shinning through the window the lithophane will appear as a plain white carving. The price includes shipping in the continental United States.
No Direct Sunlight Through the Back	Sunlight Coming Through the Back	The Original Photo

Example of a 5x7 landscape lithophane without frame. The cost is $40.00 for either landscape or portrait orientation. The lithophane comes with two suction cups so that it can be hung from a window. You could also frame this yourself and leave the back of the frame off so light can pass through. During the day when the sun is shinning through the window you will see the lithophane come to life. When the sun is not shinning through the window the lithophane will appear as a plain white carving. The price includes shipping in the continental United States.
No Direct Sunlight Through the Back	Sunlight Coming Through the Back	The Original Photo

Lithophane Order Form
Select the type (portrait or landscape and with or without a lighted frame) and size of lithophane you want (5x7 or 8x10) from the dropdown box. Select the photo you want to use by clicking the "Select File" button. We accept the following image types: jpg, jpeg, bmp, png and gif. Please note that close-up pictures will give much better results than distant photos or photos with many people in it. Once the photo has been successfully added you will receive a success message and then be redirected to the shopping cart so you can view your order. Do not click any buttons while the file is being uploaded. It could take a minute or so depending on the size of your picture and your Internet speed before you are redirected to the shopping cart. You can add additional lithophane orders by coming back to this page and following these steps again.
Lithophane Type to Order:

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Photo to use:	Please note that after you finalize your order you will recieve an email that gives the address you will use to mail your photo. Please click the "Order" button to add this item to your shopping cart.

8x10 Landscape with no lighting

8x10 Landscape with LED Lights Turned On

8x10 Landscape Side View of the Frame

5x7 Portrait with no lighting

5x7 Portrait with LED Lights Turned On

5x7 Portrait Side View of the Frame

8x10 No Direct Sunlight Through the Back

8x10 Sunlight Coming Through the Back

8x10 The Original Photo

5x7 No Direct Sunlight Through the Back

5x7 Sunlight Coming Through the Back

5x7 The Original Photo

What are lithophanes? A lithophane is a carving of a photo on a material that allows light to pass through. When viewed under normal lighting the carving seems flat and lifeless. When light shines through the lithophane from the back the carving comes to life and the detail from the original photograph is seen. When backlit the carving glows and is mesmerizing.

How does a lithophane work? We use a material called corian that is manufactured by DuPont. This material is most commonly used for making kitchen countertops. But it is also the perfect material for making lithophanes. It has semi-translucent properties and carves very smoothly. We take your photo and input it into our CNC machine software. The computer then runs the CNC machine, which uses a router for the actual cutting, to carve the photo. The lighter areas of the photo get carved deeper into the material and the darker areas are carved more shallow. When light is shined from the back of the lithophane the shallow areas are lighter and the thicker areas are darker.

A lithophane makes an amazing gift for any special occasion and will last a lifetime. Even the LED lights in the frame will last at least 20,000 hours of use. If you have wanted to think of a truly unique, personal and meaningful gift that someone will treasure for the rest of their life, this is the gift. We can take almost any photograph and transform it into a gift that is one of a kind. It is likely that the tears will flow when the person you are giving this to turns on the switch and their treasured photo comes to life.

We make two sizes of lithophanes; 5x7 and 8x10. Depending on the orientation of the photo you give us we can make it either portrait or landscape. The frames are designed to sit on a table and have a power cord that gets plugged into the wall. You can order the lithophane with a custom built LED backlit frame or you can order it without the frame and hang it on a window with suction cups that we supply. The frame has four screws on the back and is made so you can easily take the back off and put in different lithophanes if you want. And the frame is made so that you can display it in either portrait or landscape mode depending on the orientation of your lithophane.

Custom Carved Lithophanes Made From Your Photos

Lithophane Order Form