Literature Light - Romeo and Juliet Heart WordCloud Lithophane With Candle Holder

This lithophane is a word cloud made from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with a candle and lithophane stand
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updated July 10, 2023

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Using the WordCloud library in Python, I created a word cloud in the shape of a heart from the text of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as available from Project Gutenberg. For the text, I used the font Smooch from Google's OpenFonts

After exporting the word cloud as a black and white image, I converted it into a lithophane using ItsLitho.com (initially, I had used Cura, but ItsLitho added a frame and a bit more stable lithophane).  I have a flameless candle I can use behind it already, and it has a 3" base, so I used Tinkercad to design a basic stand for this lithophane that would also work with the lithophane I made from The Odyssey, and will work with that particular candle. 

NOTE: Until it could be further tested, I would recommend only using flameless candles with these models. 

Initial test print picture in front of a candle now included- it was too big of a layer height and my nozzle was a bit high, but the lithophane printed and looks pretty cool in front of the candle! 

Update: After learning a ton about lithophanes in the last 24 hours, I added a better quality model for the lithophane itself that I generated from https://itslitho.com instead of Cura. It's aligned with the Y axis and set up vertically. I also modified the flameless candle stand so that wider lithophanes can be accommodated. 

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