Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before photography, there was the lithophane. It’s a thin slice of ...

WACO, Texas (Aug. 17, 2022) – A research team led by Baylor University chemists has taken a groundbreaking step forward in eliminating the exclusion of individuals with blindness from chemistry ...

Bryan F. Shaw, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University, assists high-school students from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired with chemistry experiments in ...

The Hutchinson Public Library is offering a workshop for people to display photographs in a distinct way. The images are called lithophanes and they are considered works of art and feature a textured ...

What’s better than a well-lit photo of a 3D-printed miniature? A photo of the miniature in a mini diorama, of course. [OrionDeHunter] shows off a clever technique that has something in common with old ...

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 ...

As scientists conduct experiments, they use images to represent the data collected by using lab equipment. Often, these images reveal amazing secrets of the universe. But for a long time, people who ...

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 ...

Question: When my late father traveled to Germany in 1968 he brought back this German beer stein. What is interesting about it is the transparent picture on the bottom of a naked lady that shows up ...