San Juan Islands, Washington wood wall clock in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

San Juan Islands, Washington Wood Wall Clock | Carved Birch Lake Map Clock

$ 74.00
12 in diameter
Birch, hand-stained water
Layered shoreline face
Laser-etched contours, AA battery
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

The face is the water itself, holding regular hours.

  1. ChartThe shoreline is taken from a bathymetric chart of the water.
  2. CutThe face is laser-cut birch with a hand-stained water layer beneath.
  3. EtchContours, depths, and place names are burned into the surface.
  4. RunA single AA battery drives the movement, and it arrives ready to hang.

A San Juan Islands wall clock: 12 inches of carved birch with the archipelago etched beneath the hands, ferry lanes and all.

Island time is enforced here by the ferry line, and this clock respects the arrangement: regular hours over an etched maze of channels where the schedule is a suggestion and the orcas keep their own. Friday Harbor, Orcas, and Lopez hold their places in the birch.

It suits an island kitchen or the mainland office funding the island kitchen.

The archipelago's full depths hang as the San Juan Islands 3D chart.

  • 12 in diameter
  • Laser-etched birch face, hand-stained water
  • Runs on a single AA battery, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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