Tower Crystal, 3D Engraved

Choose from any of our shapes or designs to get started. You can use the menu navigation above, browse our entire product list, or select crystals based on shape alone to find the crystal shape or size that best suits your needs. Many of our crystals come in a variety of sizes, some ranging from small to large.

Uploading photos from your own computer, or cell phone is easy! Just click the upload button and follow the on-screen instructions. If you don't have the photos handy, you can also email them to us later.

Text is optional, but you can add up to 30 characters of text to the crystal, which will appear below your 3D engraved photo. If you have text to enter, enter it, if not, leave it blank.

Lighted bases are optional, but if you decide to add a lighted base to your selection, the 3D image of your crystal will really “shine”! You can also purchase light bases separately later, or see more information about available light bases on our Light Bases and Accessories page.

It's not magic, but it may seem like it is! There's no quick piece of software or app that does this to the level of perfection that we have. Our skilled 3D designers use the same 3D modeling software that the movie pros use to make stunning CGI in our favorite Hollywood blockbusters.But this time they're doing it to your photo. First, our designers remove the background from your image and focus solely on the subject (and any necessary objects, for example, a sofa that the subject may be sitting on). Then - and forgive us for getting a little technical for a moment - our designers are able to place the 2D photo on a plane (not one in the sky, a 3D plane in a virtual environment). They then "pull forward" (or extrude) certain features that they believe would be distances in real life. A dog's snout, a human's nose - all of these features that require a human's touch to judge what the distance would be in 3D. There's a reason there isn't a program or an app that can do this automatically.It's not magic, though. We can't recreate part of an image that doesn't exist, so in a face photo, the back of the subject's head isn't added. Instead, you'll be able to see it from the front and sides, and the back of the crystal will appear "mirrored" from the front, which is a very neat illusion!

Once our 3D designers are done converting your photo (a process which takes around 24 hours), we then convert that photo to what's called a "point cloud," a big set of dots that our high tech laser machines use to recreate the image inside of the crystal. Brighter colors cluster the dots closer together, and darker colors spread out the dots further apart.We then add your desired text in your font onto the file to prepare for engraving.

Once all of the work is done preparing your engraving design, we are ready to go to the engraving process. Your crystal shape and size is picked from our warehouse, cleaned meticulously, and then placed into one of our magic subsurface laser engraving machines. The machine is able to then read the file we created and know the exact position it should place the dots inside the crystal using precise calibration.How is it able to make the dots? The laser light itself is of a specific wavelength, and the machine has a moving tray holding your crystal. The laser emits just enough power to create a tiny "microfracture" in the crystal at the exact location represented in the file. This creates the white color you see in the crystal. Some of our larger crystals may have over 2 million dots engraved into them! The total time for this process can be anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the crystal.Once the engraving is finalized, we give it a final check for quality, then pack it securely and ship it to its final destination!

You can almost call it magical. How do we take your 2D photo and etch it into a solid piece of crystal in three dimensions? Well, we explain quite a bit how that works on our Engraving Process page, so please be sure to read through what makes that process so special and involved.

However, sometimes you may want more faces on a crystal than normally fit. For example, a wedding photo with a number of people on a crystal that is designed for 2 or 3 faces. This is no problem. Reach out to our customer service team either by chat or by email and we will be happy to engrave your crystal in 2D, which will fit any image.

Other than faces or figures, many customers request crystals of other objects - cars, boats, or more. Place your order with confidence in knowing we'll do whatever we can to engrave your photo in 3D as you'd want it, satisfaction guaranteed. If for whatever reason our designers can't make it happen, we'll let you know quickly.

Many customers have also chosen to engrave company logos, or just text (such as an award or trophy text) onto their crystal. We'd be happy to do this for you as well! Reach out to our customer service team either by chat or by email and we'll walk you through a custom order with a 2D logo or text.