Staten Island, New York 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Staten Island, New York 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
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Staten Island, New York 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Nautical Chart

$ 264.00 $ 358.00
24.5 x 31 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.

Staten Island in laser-cut Baltic birch, 24.5 by 31 inches: the harbor borough, ringed by kills, bays, and the busiest shipping lanes on the East Coast, every depth contour cut as its own layer.

Staten Island earns its water credentials daily. The ferry has crossed the Upper Bay for free since 1997, running commuters past the Statue of Liberty on the best five-mile boat ride in America. The Kill Van Kull along the north shore carries the container ships to Newark Bay under the Bayonne Bridge, the Arthur Kill traces the Jersey side, and the eastern shore opens onto Lower Bay beaches at South and Midland, with Great Kills Harbor sheltering the borough's own fleet. On the chart, the dredged channels cut deep engraved lanes around an island that still holds more parkland than any other borough.

Each contour is a separate laser-cut sheet, stacked by hand and engraved, with acrylic glass over the relief and a solid Baltic birch frame.

Ferry riders, harbor pilots, and Great Kills sailors all read this same water differently. The chart holds every version.

The engraving spans St. George and the ferry lanes, the Kill Van Kull and the bridges, Great Kills Harbor, and the Verrazzano Narrows. Across the water: Brooklyn and Manhattan.

  • 24.5 × 31 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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