Some people got curious about the wand and fabric collections I mentioned in this post. Here’s a post about my wand collection!
There are currently 71 wands in my collection, representing at least 65 different species of tree, shrub, and vine. These include commonly worked domestic woods like cedar, oak, and walnut; softer woods like willow; exotic hardwoods like ebony, rosewood, and cocobolo; some really pretty spalted or burl woods such as buckeye burl or spalted tamarind; and some weird ones like black mangrove or Oriental bittersweet vine.
All of the colors and patterns you see are natural. Wood is just like that; it’s more colorful than people think. The burgundy one, for example, is purpleheart, and the black and gold striped one is bocote. Some of them also glow yellow or orange under black light, like yellowheart and honey locust.
The most unusual wand in my collection is probably a wand made of Irish bog oak that is 7,000-8,000 years old. The wand people seem to comment on most is the spiral ebony wand with runes carved into the handle. (I guess it looks like something a badass goth witch would have lol.) My favorite wand is Osage orange wood.
The variety of patterns and colors is really amazing. Different woods also have different textures, too. Aspen is probably one of the most lightweight, and feels practically made of cardboard. Lignum vitae is incredibly dense and heavy and feels like it was carved from stone.
I polish them all with beeswax & mineral oil fairly often. It makes them smell really good and the wood feels buttery soft afterward. Then I usually sort them as I put them away. Sometimes alphabetically, sometimes by color, sometimes by native continent, or sometimes I sort them into groups like “known for their flowers” (wild rose, wisteria, lilac) or “produces fruit” (plum, apricot, apple).
So yeah! That’s my wand collection, one of my main special interests. I see it as a sort of art collection and nature collection, combined in one.
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