Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Hilton Head, South Carolina 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Depth Chart

$ 188.00
Size
Frame
16 x 20 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.

Hilton Head in stacked Baltic birch, 16 by 20 inches: the sea island's full footprint carved one depth contour per layer, beaches on one side, Calibogue Sound on the other, and the candy-striped lighthouse in between.

Hilton Head planned itself gently, low buildings under the pines, bike paths outnumbering billboards, and the water sets the rhythm around the design. Lowcountry tides here swing seven to eight feet, transforming Broad Creek and the marsh twice a day, and Calibogue Sound runs deep along the island's back, home water for the Harbour Town yacht basin whose striped lighthouse, built in 1970 as the marina's beacon and icon, became the island's signature overnight. On the chart, the sound's engraved channel contrasts with the wide gentle shelf off twelve miles of beach.

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

Bike to the beach, boat to Daufuskie, watch the 18th from the water: island rituals, all mapped.

The engraving spans Harbour Town and Calibogue Sound, Broad Creek, Port Royal Sound at the north end, and the beach's long curve. Neighbors: Savannah and the South Carolina Coast.

  • 16 × 20 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame in Dark or Light
  • 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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