Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Maui, Hawaii 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Maui, Hawaii 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Depth Chart

$ 168.00
Size
Frame
16 x 20 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.

Maui in stacked Baltic birch, 16 by 20 inches: the Valley Isle carved one depth contour per layer, with the best whale water in Hawaii lying between it and its neighbors.

Maui's masterpiece is partly offshore: the shallow, sheltered channels between Maui, Lanai, and Molokai form the humpbacks' favorite nursery in the islands, and from December to April the whales are simply part of the view from any west-side beach. Molokini's crescent, the drowned crater rim off the south coast, hosts the snorkel fleet each calm morning; Haleakala's ten-thousand-foot bulk builds the island's weather; and the Hana coast winds its waterfall-cut cliffs down the windward side. On the chart, the protected engraved shallows between the islands, the whales' chosen ground, read clearly against the deep water outside.

Each contour is a separate laser-cut sheet, stacked by hand and engraved, behind acrylic glass in a solid Baltic birch frame in Dark or Light.

Maui no ka oi, as the saying holds: the best. The chart declines to argue.

The engraving spans the west side and the channels, Molokini, the north shore, and the road to Hana's coast. The full chain runs on the Hawaiian Islands chart.

  • 16 × 20 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame in Dark or Light
  • 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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