Using a 3D printer, the people over at Instructables have managed to convert black and white photographs into beautiful three dimensional, semi-translucent prints.
The prints don’t make much sense when viewed from the side, but have “surprisingly high precision and even add some subtle dimensionality and texture” when backlit with diffused light.
Amanda Ghassaei from Instructables explains their process:
“By varying the thickness of a region of this semitransparent print you can control the amount of light that is able to pass through, thereby controlling the brightness (thinner regions of material will appear brighter and thicker regions darker). In this project, I've converted each individual greyscale pixel of an image to thickness, allowing me to precisely reproduce any greyscale image.”
For the benefit of those who wish to try this out, Ghassaei has posted the detailed instructions and codes over at Instructables.
[via Instructables]