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Is the wavy bevel a design choice?
Yes. It’s only wavy right there and one other spot. Didn’t want it to look too factory-made. Wanted it to look and feel more unique and hand made
If it were a more rustic piece, the wavy bits would make perfect sense. The piece shows skill that is betrayed by the bevels.
Someone will love that piece, but most wouldn't get it. If you made that intentional roughness a signature of your work, in a few centuries people may enthusiasticly bid to have one of your pieces. Make sure you get a custom branding iron to mark your work.
If I was browsing through furniture on Etsy and the first image was that imprecise looking bezel I would close your shop and keep looking. It just looks like sloppy cutting rather than the hand of the artist. I would find other ways to show the artist's hand, maybe a hand-carved element or something. Especially for this style of piece which is emphasizing clean lines, having a wavy line looks sloppy not intentional.
The rest of the work should make the wavy bits obvious as being intentional, however questionable a decision it was to typical taste.
It isn't a style that is for everybody, but there is a shoe for every foot.