Trend alert: X-ray and ultrasound art

Maybe it’s just the proximity to Halloween, but there’s something intriguing about this piece of X-ray art.
By Aimee Heckel
Art is in the eye of the beholder. And in this case, the beholder may very well be your doctor.
Radiant Art Studios says the latest trend is its fine art prints and custom gifts created out of X-rays and non-visible light spectra. This includes ultrasounds of your growing baby.
Instead of putting the small, flimsy print-out of your first glimpse of your baby in a scrapbook or memory box, Radiant Art Studios can personalize it with a name and frame it for your wall — or turn it into a Christmas ornament, T-shirt, clock, sun catcher — you name it.
Baby ultrasound T-shirts cost $30. Frosted glass ornaments cost $20.
X-ray art isn’t limited to the odd framed image of your busted tibia. Art can come from X-ray images of flowers, shellfish, toys and even in-tact body parts (imagine a colorful X-ray of a hand holding a flower, for example). As October creeps closer, the potential for Halloween skeleton artwork is limitless, too.
Not feeling it?
Here are some other creative, personalized art ideas for your family.
A custom stamp kit. Make your own unique stamps using this kit. Consider making a stamp using your family crest, or designing your own modern family crest or symbol. Other ideas: monograms, your kid’s signature, the first time your child wrote her name, your favorite piece of artwork by your kid, your pet’s paw print. Available at Sears for $27.44.
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Decorate your house with custom silhouettes of your family members. Check here for a great DIY guide on making silhouettes and how to decorate with them.
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