The Aravis range relief map in its light-wood A4 frame above a sideboard, next to a lit mountain lamp

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Wooden maps

Real relief, carved in wood

A massif, a trail, an island or a summit at the far end of the world: terrain from official topographic surveys, milled into a block of solid lime wood that rises out of its A4 frame. Made in our workshop in Thônes, in the French Alps.

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A4 frame, relief up to 47 mm Solid lime wood Made in the French Alps
Four families

Choose your terrain

Each family has its own page: how it is made, where its data comes from, and all its maps.

The Mont Blanc massif in relief, in its light-wood A4 frame 7 massifs
Mountain maps

A whole massif on your wall

The Mont Blanc massif, Lake Annecy, the Aravis, Zermatt and the Cervin (Matterhorn), the Écrins, Everest and Mount Fuji: every valley and every ridge in its place, in a light or black wooden frame.

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The Tour du Mont Blanc laser-engraved on its relief map, in its A4 frame 37 routes
Engraved hikes and trails

Your trail, engraved in the mountain

The Tour du Mont Blanc, the Corsica traverse, the Haute Route… the route laser-burned onto its relief.

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Réunion and its seabed carved in lime wood, in its A4 frame 12 islands
Island maps

From seabed to summits

Corsica, Réunion, Tahiti and Moorea, Iceland, Sicily… the island and the sea around it in one piece, the shoreline engraved with a single laser line.

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Kilimanjaro carved in lime wood, in its A4 frame 6 places
World maps

Summits and islands of the world

Kilimanjaro, the Dolomites, Everest, Mount Fuji, Santorini… legendary places carved in the same wood, on request.

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Craftsmanship

What they have in common

Real survey data

IGN, swisstopo, Shom, Copernicus… the terrain comes from official digital elevation models, with no interpretation.

A block of solid lime wood

27 × 18 cm and up to 5.5 cm thick; its growth rings, cut through by the slopes, draw their own contour lines.

Milled in our workshop

A roughing pass with a flat end mill, a finishing pass with a 0.5 mm tapered ball mill, then the laser for routes and shorelines.

Relief that rises out of the frame

The block passes through a black mat set flush with the A4 frame: the relief stands proud and casts its own shadows.

Terrain and seabed: IGN (Etalab Open Licence 2.0), swisstopo, Shom, Copernicus and the other producers credited on each page and in our data sources. Visuals: 3D renders computed from each map's machining programs.

Questions

Before you choose

How is it different from a mountain lamp?

The lamp reproduces a single summit in volume, printed in high definition and lit from inside on its pear-wood base. The map shows a whole territory, a massif, a route or an island, carved in wood and hung on the wall. Many people pair them: the massif on the wall, its summit on the sideboard.

Is the relief exaggerated?

It is stretched vertically so it reads at a glance and in raking light: a little for big massifs, more for low or very large islands. Valleys, ridges and coastlines stay exactly where they really are.

Can I engrave my own route?

Yes, on request: describe your route to us from the made-to-order page and we will suggest a framing.

My place isn't on any page: is it possible?

Write to us from the made-to-order page: we check that data for the place exists under a licence that allows selling it, then we suggest a framing.

How do I care for it?

With a soft brush or an air blower, never water. Hang it on an indoor wall, away from direct sunlight and humidity.

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