Lake Waramaug, Connecticut 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Lake Waramaug, Connecticut 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Lake Waramaug, Connecticut 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Lake Waramaug, Connecticut 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Depth Chart

$ 169.00
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.

Lake Waramaug in laser-cut Baltic birch, 16 by 20 inches: the Litchfield Hills' loveliest lake, its coves and points carved one depth contour per layer from real survey soundings.

Waramaug folds through the hills between Washington, Warren, and Kent in a shape that keeps revealing new water as you round each point, which is why the drive around it has been a Connecticut ritual for generations. A state park holds the western end for swimmers and campers, rowing shells work the calm early water, and the hillsides above the north shore grow vines at Hopkins Vineyard, where the tasting room looks straight down the lake. On the chart, the lake's bent, three-armed figure finally makes sense from above, each cove its own pocket of stacked birch.

Every contour comes from its own laser-cut sheet, stacked by hand and engraved, with acrylic glass over the relief and a solid Baltic birch frame.

Small lakes hold their rituals close: the morning loop, the same picnic table, the last swim of October. Waramaug's are all here.

The engraving covers the state park shore, the boat launch, and the points between the three towns that share the lake. The coast's big water is an hour south on the Long Island Sound chart.

  • 16 × 20 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame
  • 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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