Corvande Wooden Manta Ray — Wings That Bend As They Beat
Corvande Wooden Manta Ray — Wings That Bend As They Beat
Everything on your desk wants something from you. This is the one thing that doesn't.
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About this manta ray
About this manta ray
Each one is cut, shaped and strung by hand from beech and black walnut — nothing here is moulded. The wings are three hinged sections a side, pinned, so they bend through the stroke instead of swinging flat. The dark banding is not a stain: the wood is carbonised over an open flame, hand-sanded and oiled, which is why no two come out the same.
The mechanism sits inside the walnut block and runs quietly on a built-in cell, charged from any USB-C cable. It takes about as much desk as a small plant.
- Wingspan — 24 cm / 9.4 in
- Height — 24 cm / 9.4 in
- Depth — 18 cm / 7.1 in
- Weight — 350 g / 12.3 oz
- Materials — beech and black walnut
- Power — built-in rechargeable cell, USB-C
Will mine look exactly like the photographs?
Will mine look exactly like the photographs?
No, and that is the point. It is made by hand and the surface is scorched over an open flame, so the dark banding follows whatever the grain does. Expect the same object with a different pattern.
Is it noisy? Does it need batteries?
Is it noisy? Does it need batteries?
Quiet — there is no music box, and no gear train running in the open. The mechanism is damped inside the walnut block. It runs on a built-in rechargeable cell that fills from any USB-C cable, so there are no batteries to buy.
What comes in the box
What comes in the box
The manta ray, assembled on its base — nothing to build and nothing to glue. It charges from any USB-C cable, the kind that already charges most phones.
What if it arrives damaged?
What if it arrives damaged?
It ships in a foam-lined box. If it still arrives damaged, send us a photo — we replace it or refund you, and we pay the return label. You have thirty days either way.
Shipping and returns
Shipping and returns
Made and packed in one to three days, then four to seven days in transit to the US and UK, four to eight to Australia. Tracked the whole way.
Free shipping to the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Thirty days to send it back — we pay the return label.
Corvande Wooden Manta Ray — Wings That Bend As They Beat
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
HANDMADE FROM BEECH AND BLACK WALNUT
NO TWO PIECES CARRY THE SAME GRAIN
MADE & PACKED IN 1-3 DAYS
DELIVERED IN 4-7 DAYS, TRACKED
Everything else on your desk was built to interrupt you.
The phone, the watch, the speaker, the light that blinks when something needs answering.
This one was built the other way round — it moves, slowly and quietly, and asks for nothing.
A machine whose only job is to be looked at.
ONE - THE STROKE
It moves. It never asks.
One slow wingbeat, then the next. No chime, no light, no badge waiting to be cleared. Nothing you have to answer, and nothing that stops when you look away.
Switch it on. There is nothing else to operate.
TWO - MADE BY HAND
Cut into three. Then held over a flame.
Each wing is cut into three sections and pinned at two hinges, so it bends through the stroke instead of swinging like a board.
The surface is then held over an open flame until the grain lifts into tiger stripes, sanded back, oiled, and strung on fine steel wire under tension. Handmade - which is why no two carry the same banding, and why yours will not match these photographs.
THREE - THE MACHINE
Quiet, and out of sight.
The motor and its rechargeable cell sit sealed inside the walnut block, so there is no gear train clattering in the open.
One USB-C port in the beech fills it from a charger you already own. No app, no remote, no pairing, no batteries to replace.
Why ours costs more
The same workshop supplies most shops selling this piece. What differs is what happens after it leaves the bench.
| Corvande | Most other shops | |
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| Arrives in about a week, not three to four | ||
| Motor and gear sealed inside the walnut | ||
| Tells you the grain will differ from the photos | ||
| Return label paid by us | ||
| Handmade from beech and black walnut | ||
| USB-C, no batteries to buy |
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