How it’s done

These three-dimensional pieces begin with one of Tony Karp's existing images. Using special 3D software, he manipulates the image until it is transformed from a flat surface into a three-dimensional object. This is how he gets the image on every surface, front, back, inside of both the box and the lid. The image is actually projected onto and through the surfaces of the piece.

When you hold one of the pieces and turn it around in your hand, you'll see how the image has been projected straight through the material and out the other side, leaving a mirrored version of the original image. If you look at a piece from the side, you'll see the path of the image as it travelled through.

Here's the breakthrough -- before we start printing, nothing exists. We will be printing on three-dimensional space.

The pieces are printed on a full-color 3D printer. The finished piece has a texture similar to sandstone. This is a new process and, like many artistic processes, still involves hand labor in the finishing.

There will be some variation in the color and texture and that's what makes each piece unique