Lake Tahoe, 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
Lake Tahoe in the UV series: laser-cut Baltic birch layers, hand-stained toward the deep cobalt the lake is famous for, with the Sierra terrain around the lake, its bays, and place names UV-printed in fine 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
Tahoe is the second-deepest lake in the United States, 1,645 feet down at its lowest point, holding enough water to matter to two states and staying so clear that white dinner plates were once used to measure visibility. Emerald Bay curls off the southwest shore around its single island, the most photographed corner of the lake. On the map, the staining carries the depth: nearly black over the vast central basin, brightening fast at the shelf where the water goes that impossible peacock blue off the beaches.
The UV series skips the acrylic cover, so the layered shoreline sits open under your hand, and the printed detail keeps the crowded south shore legible in a way engraving at this scale cannot.
Ski people, beach people, and everyone who has argued about which side of the lake is better: settle it on the wall.
The print runs from South Lake Tahoe and Emerald Bay around the west shore to Tahoe City, Kings Beach, and Incline Village, with Sand Harbor and Cave Rock along the Nevada side.
- 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 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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UV-printed or laser-engraved?
Both are laser-cut Baltic birch with hand-stained water. The difference is how the detail is added and how many layers there are.
UV-printed
- 24.5 × 31 in
- Up to five laser-cut birch layers
- Detail and place names UV-printed onto the top layer
- Open face, no acrylic cover, so you can touch the layers
Laser-engraved 3D
- 16 × 20 in or 24.5 × 31 in or 13 × 17 in
- Up to nine laser-cut birch layers
- Depths and place names laser-engraved into the wood
- Acrylic front that keeps dust off the layers
How the water becomes wood
The same water, open to the touch.
No glass between you and the chart. The depth bands of Lake Tahoe 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 Tahoe in a hallway, an office or a cottage bedroom.
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