Chesapeake Bay, carved in birch
Layered wood, open to the touch.
“Beautiful piece, expertly crafted. Packed well and arrived in perfect condition.”
Mark S., Hudson, OH. Verified buyer
Chesapeake Bay in the UV series: the largest estuary in the United States rendered in laser-cut, hand-stained Baltic birch, its two hundred miles of tidal water and famously intricate shoreline UV-printed in detail on the top layer.
Details
- Dimensions
- 24.5 × 31 in
- Material
- Baltic birch, hand-stained water
- Build
- Up to five laser-cut birch layers
- Detail
- Carved relief, UV-printed labels
- Soundings
- NOAA nautical survey data
About this piece
The Chesapeake gathers rivers from six states, and its edges wander through so many creeks, necks, and coves that the bay claims more shoreline than the entire West Coast. It averages a surprising 21 feet deep, a shallow, productive basin that raises the blue crabs and oysters the region cooks its identity around. On the map, the staining follows the drowned river valley of the ancient Susquehanna, a darker channel winding down the middle with pale stained shallows fanning out to either side.
The UV series leaves the wood uncovered, so every ragged tidewater edge is a cut line you can trace by touch, and the printing keeps hundreds of river and town names legible across the sprawl.
Watermen, sailors out of Annapolis, and everyone with a crab knife and an opinion: this is your water, all of it at once.
The print runs from the Susquehanna Flats past Baltimore and Annapolis, under the Bay Bridge, down both shores through the Choptank and the Potomac mouth to Norfolk and the Virginia capes.
- Laser-cut, hand-stained Baltic birch, up to five layers
- UV-printed shorelines and place names
- No acrylic cover, contours you can touch
- Solid Baltic birch frame in two finishes
- Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
- 14-day returns
Shipping and returns
Orders placed by 2 PM EST ship the next business day, free anywhere in the US, with tracking.
14-day returns if the size or frame is not right for the room.
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How the water becomes wood
The same water, open to the touch.
No glass between you and the chart. The depth bands of Chesapeake Bay are laser-cut and stacked from birch, up to five layers, and the fine detail is UV-printed onto the top layer, so you can run a hand across the shallows and feel the water fall away.
Lighter on the wall, same shoreline.
A solid birch frame, hanging hardware on the back, ready the day it arrives. The UV series is the way to put Chesapeake Bay in a hallway, an office or a cottage bedroom.
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