Lithophanes are artistic creations which rely on the varying thickness of a material that is then backlit to reveal an image. While these were often made in porcelain in the past, these days we have ...

The lamp, I think, is a little more unusual than most. The majority of lithophanes are simple panels, usually very thin, up to a quarter-inch thick, but typically closer to an eighth of an inch thick.

Beth Lewis Williams revitalizes old design aesthetics through the use of contemporary technology. She takes inspiration from European lithophane ceramics, which draw upon techniques used in ...

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 ...