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A set of 8x8 glass photo tiles in a parent memories layout, each tile 8.0 inches square, 0.08 inches thick and 0.25 pounds. Old photographs of your parents, which is a different task from recent ones.
The source material here is usually scanned paper, often decades old and often small to begin with. Eight inches is the size at which that holds together: grain and softness read as period rather than as a fault, where at twelve inches the same scan shows every limitation it has.
A wedding photograph from the sixties hung beside a kitchen snapshot from the nineties does something a single framed enlargement cannot: it shows a person changing. That is the argument for a set rather than for choosing the one good picture and making it large.
A flat, even scan at good resolution prints well at any size in this range. A phone photograph of a print, taken at an angle under a ceiling light, does not. If the originals are all you have, scan them properly before ordering anything.
Glass photo tiles, 8.0 by 8.0 by 0.08 inches each, printed in colour.
Colour Enhancement is available and is worth applying, since colour prints from the seventies and eighties shift towards orange as they age.
Our designers crop each image to the square and balance the set so prints from different decades do not clash.
Black and white originals print as they are and often carry a size better than colour ones of the same age.
Glass stays rigid at 0.08 inches and does not scuff with cleaning.
Printing rather than engraving keeps whatever colour the original had, including the warm cast that makes an old print look its age.
The same layout is made at 10.0 inches where the scans are good enough to carry it.
Tiles hang flat and take no shelf depth, which lets a run of old photographs go up a staircase where framed prints would not fit.
Plain sets of six, nine and twelve tiles are made at this size if you would rather arrange the wall yourself.
Our designers will say before printing if a scan is too poor to hold even at eight inches.
Made in 1-2 business days, US delivery in 3-5.
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Every crystal is crafted in Chicago with care, precision, and premium materials.
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For best results, customize your parents’ photos on Glass Tiles by uploading a clear, high-resolution image that’s blur-free and well-lit.
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