My name is Tyler, and I've always liked maps. A map is more than an image, more than a diagram, more than a tool. A map is a perspective that shows your place in the world - a brief moment in the eyes of a bird, flying high above the day-to-day happenings of the beings below. Time and space become more abstract on a map, and we realize that we are but small parts of a great big world. And yet maps are also simultaneously personal - we see our city, our home, our memories, our stories across the landscape.

I've spent the last 20 years as a cartographer making maps for mayors, governors, CEOs, and presidents. I always wanted to make wood maps - not like the plethora of laser-cut plywood maps you see often these days (many of which are truly beautiful!), but solid wood topographic maps. There is something truly awesome about seeing the ages-old topography of a landscape carved into the once-living wood of an old tree.

These maps are for the people who loved treasure maps as a kid. These maps are for the people that light up at the sight of a 3D map displays in museums and national park visitor centers. These maps are for the people that rejoice at the opportunity to look out the window of an airplane. These maps are for the people that feel that giddy feeling when you open a book to find a map inside the front cover. These maps are for people that love big trees and premium wood. These maps are for the people that love nature and the memories made in it.

TLDR: These wood maps are really cool - You should probably buy one :)