Lake Chelan, 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
- Dimensions
- 27 × 26 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
Lake Chelan in the UV mountain series, in a square 27 by 26 inch format built for the strangest lake shape in Washington: fifty miles of glacial water snaking through the North Cascades, hand-stained birch layers with the surrounding peaks UV-printed around it.
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Chelan is the third-deepest lake in the United States, plunging 1,486 feet into a trench the glaciers gouged between mountain walls, deeper than the surface of the Pacific just offshore. At its head sits Stehekin, a community you cannot drive to: residents and hikers arrive by the Lady of the Lake ferry, by floatplane, or on foot over the passes. At its foot, the town of Chelan anchors orchard and wine country in the sun. The staining runs nearly black through the deep uplake fjord and brightens into the broad, warmer basin at the lower end, the lake's two personalities in one gradient.
With no acrylic cover, the long cut channel of the lake sits open under your finger, fifty miles traced in one motion. The printed terrain holds the Cascades detail no engraving could carry.
Uplake people and downlake people are different tribes, and both know exactly where the line is. It is on the map.
The print runs from Chelan and Manson through the Narrows at Twenty-Five Mile Creek, up the roadless shore to Lucerne and Holden Village's landing, and into Stehekin at the head.
- 27 × 26 in square format
- Laser-cut, hand-stained Baltic birch, up to five layers
- UV-printed shorelines, terrain, and place names
- No acrylic cover, contours you can touch
- Solid Baltic birch frame
- 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.
How the water becomes wood
The same water, open to the touch.
No glass between you and the chart. The depth bands of Lake Chelan 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 Lake Chelan in a hallway, an office or a cottage bedroom.
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