regarding fancy chopping blocks
i'm not making one but using my own twist to achieve something similar
i would be horrified if anything i make was equated with a museum
or the word musuem was used to describe anything

use it, wear it out, break it, fix it, toss it, kindling, clay pidgeon

in the previous post I just cut a curvy line through a laminated
square

leon pointed right to my mistake, i did not create a gap between
to allow for the thickness of the lath I was attempting to use
between to give it a nice curvy accent

here's what I'm going to do next

route a shallow rabbet half the width of the lath into each curve face
route the curve face flush
then apply good woodwork habits like gluing,clamping,sanding,finish
probably more sanding,finish
maybe repeat last one

only adding one curvy accent