Eastern Hemlock Tree Copper Panel — Hand-Hammered Pennsylvania & Appalachian Wall Art

The Eastern Hemlock is the state tree of Pennsylvania. It can live for 800 years. It creates the coolest, darkest, most cathedral-like forest in the Eastern United States — the hemlock ravine. An invasive insect called the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is killing them. Scientists are racing to save them.

A copper wall panel of the Eastern Hemlock — the tiny flat needles with white stripes beneath, the gracefully drooping branch tips, the weeping leader of the most shade-tolerant and most ecologically essential conifer of the Eastern Appalachian forest — hand-hammered in real copper sheet by our family using traditional chasing and repoussé techniques passed through generations. The tiny flat needles and the gracefully drooping branch tips are the composition: those distinctive flat needles rendered in dimensional metalwork, the drooping branch tips and weeping leader built up in fine relief, the quiet endurance of a tree that can grow in near-total darkness for decades, waiting, and then live for 800 years when the light finally comes. In Green Copper or Natural Copper, the deep forest-green tones echo the real tree. Every needle, every drooping tip, every detail a separate hammer stroke, thousands of them. Over 10,000 pieces made.

The Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is the state tree of Pennsylvania and one of the most ecologically important conifers in the Eastern United States. It is the most shade-tolerant large tree in the Eastern forest — it can grow in near-total darkness for decades, waiting for a gap in the canopy. Hemlock ravines — the cool, dark stream valleys where Eastern Hemlocks dominate — are among the most distinctive and most ecologically rich habitats in the Appalachian Mountains, providing cold-water refugia for brook trout and other cold-water species. The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) — an invasive insect from Japan — has killed millions of Eastern Hemlocks across the Eastern US since its introduction in the 1950s. Scientists are developing biological controls — including predatory beetles from Japan — to save the remaining trees. Specimens over 500 years old have been recorded. The most shade-tolerant, most ecologically essential, and most actively threatened conifer in the Eastern United States.

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What Can You Order With This Design?

① Single panel — order directly above
The Eastern Hemlock as shown, in your exact size and finish. Enter your width and height above, select your finish, and order directly. Add any note at checkout — we'll send a digital preview before production begins.

② Full kitchen backsplash — the complete look
The Eastern Hemlock above the stove, plus coordinated panels for the side walls and window wall — all in the same finish, designed together as one composition. An Appalachian, mountain, or conservation-inspired kitchen that commands the room. Send us straight-on photos of your kitchen walls and we'll design the full set, place it into your space photos, and send a digital mockup with a quote. No commitment — just so you can see what's possible.

③ Oversized feature wall — any room, any scale
The Eastern Hemlock at full wall scale — canopy spanning the full height of the wall, multi-piece installation, the central trunk intact, needle and drooping branch border pieces designed around it. Living room, dining room, lodge great room, entryway. Any size, any wall. A 60×60" starts at $4,745. Contact us with your wall dimensions for an exact quote — we'll design the full composition and send a digital preview before any commitment.

④ Custom or personalized design — reach out
An Eastern Hemlock in a hemlock ravine scene with a cold mountain stream and brook trout, an Eastern Hemlock in winter with snow on the drooping branches, an Eastern Hemlock grove with the cathedral canopy and filtered light, a conservation composition honoring the fight to save the Eastern Hemlock from the Woolly Adelgid, an Eastern Hemlock branch botanical study with flat needles and small cones — or a completely different Appalachian or Eastern forest conifer: Fraser fir, red spruce, or anything that matters to you. Or a personalized panel: your family name designed as a full copper composition, with the Eastern Hemlock as the central subject, in the same finish. Not a sign — a piece of art that carries your name. Same process, completely custom. Just reach out.

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Complete the Look

A copper panel above your fireplace. The Eastern Hemlock, larger, drooping branches spanning above the mantel in Green Copper. The most shade-tolerant and most ecologically essential focal point in the Eastern conifer range — the tree that creates the coolest, darkest, most cathedral-like forest in the Appalachians, at full scale in copper, above the fire.

A hemlock ravine conservation composition. The Eastern Hemlock in a full hemlock ravine scene — the cool dark stream, the cathedral canopy, the brook trout in the cold water — in Green Copper. The most ecologically specific and most conservation-resonant Appalachian panel in the catalog. Above the main wall of the home or study that carries that reverence for what is being lost.

Your family name in copper. Not a sign — a designed panel. Your surname hand-hammered in relief, with the Eastern Hemlock as the central subject, in the same finish as the main panel. It goes by the front door or above the entryway. Every person who enters sees it first.

A living room or dining room panel. A coordinated Appalachian mountain forest scene — a Fraser fir, a red spruce, a yellow birch — in the same finish as the Eastern Hemlock. The home with a consistent visual language of the Appalachian forest and the Eastern mountain conifer tradition.

If you're thinking about more than one piece: reach out before you order. We'll design everything together and give you project pricing for the full set.

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Perfect For

• Copper kitchen backsplash & stove backsplash — Natuross is trusted across the US for hand-hammered copper kitchen backsplashes. The Eastern Hemlock above the stove brings the state tree of Pennsylvania and the most ecologically essential conifer of the Appalachian forest into the heart of the home.
• Pennsylvania, New York, New England, or Appalachian home — the state tree of Pennsylvania — the tree that creates the hemlock ravine — on the wall of a home that belongs to that landscape and that forest
• Conservation enthusiast, ecologist, or brook trout angler — for the person who understands that the hemlock ravine is the coldest, darkest, and most ecologically irreplaceable habitat in the Appalachian Mountains — and that the Woolly Adelgid is destroying it
• Mountain, Appalachian, or forest retreat home — the tree that can grow in near-total darkness for decades and live for 800 years — on the wall of the home or cabin that carries that patience and that endurance
• Green Copper or Natural Copper — most popular finishes for the Eastern Hemlock — Green Copper echoes the deep forest-green of the Eastern Hemlock’s needles in the shade of the ravine, Natural Copper echoes the warm tawny tones of the Eastern Hemlock in filtered afternoon light

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For Trade Professionals

Interior designers, kitchen and bath designers, architects, and contractors work with us directly for residential and commercial projects — made to exact specifications, in any finish, at any scale. Trade inquiries here or via live chat.

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You Work Directly With the Craftsman

Every message answered personally. Every order handled start to finish — no middlemen.

• Share your request — size, finish, customization, placement photos
• Receive a digital preview — approve the composition before production starts
• Production begins — only after your confirmation
• See your finished panel — photos sent before shipping
• Approve and ship — leaves the workshop only when you're happy

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Pricing

Price updates instantly when you enter your size above. Order directly, or message us for larger projects.

• 24×36" — $1,188
• 36×48" — $2,311
• 38×60" — $3,029

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Material & Specs

• Real copper sheet, hand-hammered, mounted on a solid backing panel
• ¼ inch thick (6mm) — mounts flush to the wall
• Suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, wet areas, and outdoor installations
• Eastern Hemlock in raised relief — tiny flat needles with white stripes beneath, gracefully drooping branch tips, weeping leader, full form visible across the panel
• Ships in approximately 3 weeks

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Installation

• Screw Mount — pre-drilled holes with matching decorative screw caps. Standard for wall installations.
• Adhesive Mount — construction adhesive applied to the panel back. For smooth walls where screws are not preferred.
• Hang — hanging wire on the back, ready to hang like wall art.

Step-by-step installation guidance included.

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Color, Cleaning & Durability

The finish is sealed and permanent — it won't change, fade, or require maintenance. Copper is one of the most durable materials in architectural metalwork. Clean with a damp cloth if needed. Your panel is built to last decades.

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