Lake Michigan wood serving tray in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Lake Michigan wood serving tray in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Lake Michigan Wood Serving Tray | Carved Birch Lake Map Tray

$ 149.00
12 x 20 in
Birch, acrylic surface
Single-layer carved relief
Etched depths and place names
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

The tray is a working chart first, cut to the water's true shoreline.

  1. ChartThe shape comes straight from a bathymetric chart of the water.
  2. CutThe shoreline is laser-cut from birch, exact to the map.
  3. EtchDepths, place names, and points of interest are burned in before the shoreline layer is set on top.
  4. SealA durable acrylic surface locks the map in, so the tray is made to be used, not just admired.

A Lake Michigan serving tray in carved birch, 12 by 20 inches: the lake's full north-south run etched down the surface, sealed under acrylic.

Michigan's long profile was made for this format: three hundred etched miles under the charcuterie, Chicago anchoring one end, the Straits closing the other, the dune coast catching most of the crumbs. The acrylic surface handles cherry juice in July and cocoa in January identically.

Third Coast hosting, properly equipped.

The lake's stacked relief hangs as the Lake Michigan 3D chart.

  • 12 × 20 in, carved birch with acrylic surface
  • Etched depths, shoreline, and points of interest
  • Made to be used, wipes clean
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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