Lake Michigan wood wall clock in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Lake Michigan Wood Ring Clock | Carved Birch Lake Map Clock

$ 74.00
16.5 in diameter
Birch, hand-stained water
Layered shoreline face
Laser-etched contours, AA battery
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

The face is the water itself, holding regular hours.

  1. ChartThe shoreline is taken from a bathymetric chart of the water.
  2. CutThe face is laser-cut birch with a hand-stained water layer beneath.
  3. EtchContours, depths, and place names are burned into the surface.
  4. RunA single AA battery drives the movement, and it arrives ready to hang.

A Lake Michigan ring clock: the lake's long silhouette carved in birch and set within an open ring-style clock face.

The ring format suits Michigan's shape perfectly: the lake hangs in the open circle like the crescent it is, dunes coast to the east, city coast to the west, with the hands sweeping around it. It reads as sculpture first and clock second, which is the correct order for a wall piece.

Right for the entry wall, the office, or above the map drawer.

The lake's full depths hang as the Lake Michigan 3D chart.

  • 16.5 in diameter, ring-style carved birch design
  • Runs on a single AA battery, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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