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A daughter now has the image of her late father encapsulated in 3D crystal forever
Jerome Meadows captures memories in crystals using a laser engraving machine. When he met a young woman who wanted an image of her late father restored, and then laser etched into a 3D crystal, all of the training paid off.
“It was a young lady who came to me and told me that she had a niece that had lost her father at an early age. The lady said she found a picture in a photo album in her attic of the niece with her father, together. This lady wanted to surprise her niece, who is now an adult, with this image of her and her father engraved in crystal.
I took the photograph and restored it into a 3D format and engraved it into a three-dimensional cube. The lady came to pick up the crystal with her niece, and when the niece saw the crystal of her and her father she was amazed! The expression on her face was priceless! I will never forget how happy and emotional she was,” said Meadows.
The laser engraver came across the business of laser crystals by accident, after he missed a flight in his former job as a flight attendant.
“When I began with this business, I was a flight attendant with World Airways, Inc…we did military charters. I was on my way to Kuwait and I missed my flight out of Dulles Airport, and they put me on the next available flight that went through Dubai.
And when I got there, I was just killing time before my flight to Kuwait was called, and then I ran into the Duty-Free shop. That’s when I saw the laser crystal display. When I saw the laser crystals, and realized that now, people can have their image engraved and be immortalized in crystal, that’s when I was hooked,” said Meadows.
After doing extensive research, Meadows purchased a 3D laser engraving machine and spent over a month in China where he trained to use the machine.
“The crystal sits on a light base that has these tiny LED colored lights that shine through the crystal, and it spins around. At night, it’s really pretty,” he said.
Facial portraits are among the most popular pieces, along with images of famous celebrities, Prices range from $65 to $95.
Meadows sells this detailed crystal pieces on his website jeromeslasercrystals.com.
The laser-engraved crystal keepsakes make great gifts for loved ones.
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