Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Gulf Of Mexico 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Gulf Of Mexico 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Nautical Chart

$ 332.00
Size
Frame
24.5 x 31 in
Baltic birch, hand-stained water
Up to nine laser-cut birch layers
Carved bathymetric relief, laser-etched labels
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

A chart is a stack of flat sheets until the water's real soundings tell it what shape to take.

  1. SurveyReal bathymetric sounding data sets every contour line before a single cut is made.
  2. CutEach depth band is laser-cut from its own sheet of Baltic birch, up to nine layers deep.
  3. StainWater layers are stained by hand, reading darker the deeper the water runs.
  4. StackThe sheets are registered and stacked in sequence, and the bed's true shape rises out of the wood.
  5. EtchDepths and place names are burned into the grain itself, never printed on it.
  6. FrameA solid Baltic birch frame and acrylic glass finish the piece, ready to hang.

The Gulf of Mexico in stacked Baltic birch, 24.5 by 31 inches: the whole basin carved one depth contour per layer, from the Mississippi's delta to the Yucatan's shelf.

The Gulf is a sea with a plot: the Loop Current swings warm water up from the Caribbean and spins off the eddies that steer everything from fishing seasons to hurricane forecasts, the Mississippi builds its bird's-foot delta outward into the basin one sediment load at a time, and at the bottom of it all the Sigsbee Deep drops past 12,000 feet, the basin's engraved floor far below the busy shelf. Five American states, six Mexican ones, and Cuba ring the rim. On the chart, the broad shallow shelves and the abrupt central deep tell the Gulf's two-speed story in birch.

Each contour is a separate laser-cut sheet, stacked by hand and engraved, behind acrylic glass in a solid Baltic birch frame in Dark, Light, or White.

Everyone's beach faces the same deep middle. Here is the whole neighborhood.

The engraving spans the delta and the Texas arc, Florida's shelf, the Bay of Campeche, and the deep basin between. Close-ups: New Orleans, Galveston, and Tampa Bay.

  • 24.5 × 31 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame in Dark, Light, or White
  • Acrylic glass front, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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