Chesapeake Bay, Maryland wood serving tray in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland wood serving tray in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Wood Serving Tray | Carved Birch Lake Map Tray

$ 149.00
12 x 20 in
Birch, acrylic surface
Single-layer carved relief
Etched depths and place names
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

The tray is a working chart first, cut to the water's true shoreline.

  1. ChartThe shape comes straight from a bathymetric chart of the water.
  2. CutThe shoreline is laser-cut from birch, exact to the map.
  3. EtchDepths, place names, and points of interest are burned in before the shoreline layer is set on top.
  4. SealA durable acrylic surface locks the map in, so the tray is made to be used, not just admired.

A Chesapeake Bay serving tray in carved birch, 12 by 20 inches: the Bay's full length etched down the surface, sealed under acrylic for crab-feast duty.

The Bay's long shape was born for this format: two hundred etched miles under the Old Bay and the mallets, the Bay Bridge crossing mid-tray, every river mouth in place for the geography arguments that accompany picking crabs. The acrylic surface takes butter, vinegar, and beer rings without keeping evidence.

It carries the oysters in November and the tomatoes in July, both with jurisdiction.

The Bay in full stacked relief hangs as the Chesapeake Bay 3D chart.

  • 12 × 20 in, carved birch with acrylic surface
  • Etched depths, rivers, and points of interest
  • Made to be used, wipes clean
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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