Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Siesta Key, Florida 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Siesta Key, Florida 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Depth 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.

Siesta Key in stacked Baltic birch, 24.5 by 31 inches: the island with America's most decorated beach, carved one depth contour per layer from the Big Pass shoals to Turtle Beach.

Siesta's sand is the story everyone checks for themselves: 99 percent pure quartz, powder-fine and cool underfoot even in August, which is how the beach keeps landing atop national rankings. The key bends around Point of Rocks mid-island, where the limestone ledge draws the snorkelers, and Siesta Village runs its flip-flop economy a few blocks in. Sunday evenings, the drum circle takes the beach as the sun goes down. On the chart, the famous shallows hold wide bright layers offshore while Big Pass's shifting bars braid the northern end.

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.

Regulars measure years in beach chairs and drum circles. The chart keeps the geography of all of them.

The engraving spans the public beach, Point of Rocks, the village, and the passes at both ends. The coast continues on Longboat Key and the Sarasota to Venice UV map.

  • 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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