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Watering Vessel

Organic shapes aren‘t always common in woodworking. Most tools are better suited to cutting straight lines and square corners, but this wooden watering vessel defies expectations in more ways than one. The shape of this project was inspired by the swan carvings done by our designer‘s grandfather. The swooping curves of the vessel are designed to evoke the look of such carvings.

Templates and a router do a lot of the work here. They‘re

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