The very first things I did was to enhance the carving. What looks like blue smoke on the pictures is blue smoke. The wood almost started to burn while I happily carved away.
And then I was desperate to get rid of the most ugly pot.
I think it is quite a tree and it was not a bad trade - for both.
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