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CHRISTINE BRAILSFORD CARO

“PEOPLE ask if it’s a gimmick,” says San Diego-based shaper Christine Brailsford Caro, describing one of her more unconventional designs as we sit in the shade behind Moonlight Glassing, where she shapes under her Furrow label. “But I don’t like gimmicks, and I wouldn’t make these boards if they didn’t work.”

The design in question, called the “Labyrinth,” has an egg-like outline

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