Wands 9 and 10

OK here is wand nine its the same wood as the last thorn less honey locust.

like always I remove the bark with a chisel.I then Wanted the handle

to be more flatter so I used a chisel, and a Dremel tool to carve it out.

 

I did the same with the tip and the handle using the cement on the porch,

to shape and round it off and a Dremel tool as well. Then sand paper and

I sanded the wand to its final sanding. The angel on the handle was from 

how I cut it off. I then was thinking of burning some designs into the wand,

it was my first time wood burning and part of it wasn't aligned. I did the four

elements first, as you an see the water symbol is off slightly.

 

 

I then couldn't decide what other symbol to do on the wand but

the infinity/finger eight kept coming to mind and to put it towards

the tip. So I used a stencil to help draw it on then I free handed over

that whit a wood burning tool from Michaels.

Then I coated it with two cats of scolpy glaze to protect it.

the wand wasn't finished but it took over a month before it

came to mind. Yes I'm going to say this I was siting well sometimes

this is where you get inspiration. Well I was siting on the toilet doing

my thing and it came to my mind. to wrap twin around the wand,

from the elemental symbols to the infinity/figure eight. In an x

shape up the wand top and bottom I let the wrapping the wand decide how

it should be. I dried fitted it keeping extra so I knew I had enough. I ended

up after the infinity symbol. I glued it on with E6000. And two coats of

modpodge to protect it and lay down the frayed edged.

 

Ok here is wand number ten the wood is also from the same tree

a thorn less honey locust. I liked this one because how it looked.

on the handle how it splits into two other branches. I striped

the bark as normal with a chisel. Used the cement on the porch

Dremel tool and sand paper to round off the edges.I used washable

 markers to do the coloring. I wanted it dark blue then light blue.

well kind of like the Kingdome hearts birth by sleep loading screen

heart. But the dark blue marker I was using was almost out and

went light blue. So I grabbed a different one, so the tip to the handle

ended up light blue then dark blue down the wand. I noticed it was

translucent enough for the wood to still show through, witch made it

more beautiful. I then coated it with two coats of scolpy glaze.

As you can see the things hanging from it, there beads I made

from scolpy polymer clay. purple and silver and the silver is sparkly

and swirly dark parts all around it. There also coated in scolpy glaze.

I used beading thread tied several knots in one spot to hold the beads on.

I used the metal part of a small twisty tie to help feed it through the beads.

it was tricky but I put a knot on top of the beads as well, to keep them

from sliding. Words of advise when I ties the beading thread to the handle,

after the beads where set I didn't have long enough thread to tie it on. So

it was difficult tying the first one on the shooter one. The second one was

easier with the length. As you can see the colors are the opposite of each other.

I finished this one before I finished wand number 9. 



wand number 8

Ok like all my wands I start out by removing the bark with a chisel.

This peace after cutting it off of the long stick is kind of bent more then

the rest. what I was trying to do in the middle was make it rounded like a

ball. I tapered the front first then used the cement on the porch to

help round the tip sand paper and a Dremel tool as well. Also
the end of the handle as well, and the shape of the handle end
came cutting it off uneven.

this top one is the tip of the wand the bottom one is the end

of the handle.

Then I sanded the front of the wand with a Dremel tool and sand paper, then

I made the handle a little bit smaller to allow the middle to be more rounded.
I then sanded the handle with a Dremel tool and sand paper. Then I drew on
a swirl line on the handle from the end to the middle. I used a Dremel tool
to carve it out.

I then used a candle to burn the handle of the wand where it was dremeled out.
I cleaned up in-between where it wasn't carved the best I could. Then I coated it
with two coats of scolpy glaze to protect it and keep the birnt part from coming off.
I then added rapped green twine with a longer part to hang something on it.
I made a pentacle out of scolpy polymer clay. Its the same on each side I used
a scrap peace of an eye pin to line it out, after making it round and flatter
The color I used was red purl and put a eye pin trough the middle of
it to hang, And used E600 to secure it in. I tried different ways to secure the
twine and hold the pentacle on. But the twine broke so I used a scrap peace
of an eye pin to sandwich it hold it all tougher.

Wand number 7

Ok this is the seventh wand I have made I started by removing the bark with

a chisel. The wood I used is a thorn less hunny locust its the second part of

wands number 6,8,9. Wands 6,7,8,9 are all cut from the same long stick.

And when I got to the handle of the wand I liked the pattern it made so

I left the rest of the bark on. I also used the dremel tool to help sand the knots

after using the chisel. The end of the handle I got the shape by the way it wasn't cut

unevenly. I then used the cement on the porch a dremel tool and sand pepper to shape

and round the edges. I sanded it as close to the final sanding as possible.

As I was holding the wand I thought it needs a swirl in it.

 

 

 

I put regular clear tape around the wand from the handle to the tip,

I then traced around it. I then used a dremel tool to sand out the shape.

I then used sand paper to finish the final sanding. I then coated it with

two coats of scolpy glaze and then it was finished. The next images are

the twist in the wand from the handle to the tip of the wand.

 

 

My fifth and sixth wands

Ok here is my newest finished wands the first wand is my personal healing wand.

ok the wood is Quaky Aspin, the bark came off easily and the bark that didn't I

scraped it off with a chisel. I then sanded it by hand. And left part of a knot in

to have a place to put a healing stone.

I then took a pencil and traced around the Aquamarine stone I ended up

choosing for the wand. Then I used a dremel tool to go over the line, I

then proceeded to use a chisel out a space for the crystal. I ended up

chapping a peace off the back end towards the handle of the wand where

the stone goes into. I reattached it with ice resin put rubber bands to hold it

on intel it set. I made sure the inside was flat for the stone to sit in. I wend in

with the dremel tool tell the Aquamarine crystal/stone sat snugly in part way.

I then used E600 to glut it in only going around the edge of the Aquamarine,

so the stone still touched the wood making a good contact with out interference

from the glue.

I then used scolpy glaze to cote the wand making sure I didn't get it on the stone.

I then used al all to make a hole as you can see to the right of the stone. I then put the

non tarnish brass in the hole and bent the wire then I proceeded to wrap the wire around

the stone. the underneath is in an X shape so its secured to each corner of the wire.

And then I came out the front of the stone and continued to wrap the wire around the wand.

 

Then I made sure the wire was tight around the wand, as you can see I wrapped

the wire around its self making sure I had I long enough peace left in the front.

I then made a whole with an all and bent the wire inside it to secure it. And the force of it

held it in, but right at the top of the whole I used E600 just to make sure it wasn't coming out.

And same as the first whole I made as well. I then proceeded to wrap green twine around

two spots making sure there was no glue in the wire at all, As you can see it helped secure

the front of the wire in as well. I coted the twine with modpodge two cotes. To secure the

frayed parts down and make it more smooth.

 

The last four images are the end of the wand as I was cutting the wood it went off center.

And there was a knot there as well so that's what gave that shape. I also rounded the edges of the handle and the tip of the wand so it more smooth and not sharp rough looking edges.

So that's my healing wand my fifth wand I ever made.

 

 

This next wand I call it the key wand. this one is made from a thorn less hunny locust.

as I was striping the bark off with a chisel some of it was chipping away. I noticed this

was part of the branch that was dyeing and it was like there was saw dust in it. I then

proceeded to further remove the bark to get all of it out. I then sanded the wand and rounded

off the edges of the handle and tip of the wand. In the grooves that was left I decided to put

in some it glow in the dark crayon. I used purple and kind of a fuchsia hot pink color. I

just used a stick lighter and a tooth pick from the shavings to put it in the groves.

I them mixed scolpy glaze with embossing powder green, gold, and blue.

the blue kind of took over. But it is sparkly in the right lighting

I did about two coats of that then about three or so cats of just clear, to

make sure it was covered and the embossing powder was secured in it.

I then rapped help cord around the handle using E600 to secure it in place.

them modpodge over that to finish it off.

As you can see that is where a knot was and I didn't cut it straight. Also you can

see the embossing powder as well.

 

I then tied a key to a red sparkly ribbon I raped and tied a bow.

And it is secured down with E600.

 

 

 

As you can see it is a wind up key. I glued the not with modpodge to make sure

the knot wouldn't come in dune also the end of the ribbon to prevent fraying.

I even coated the key as well to protect it as well. The next images is heard to see

but its the glowing of the crayon Crayola to be exact I had séance I was a little

kid. So that's my finished sixth wand.