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My niece is finally getting into Harry Potter and is already obsessed. For Christmas this year i’m going to make her a wand i’m ok with the wood working part but i need some help on some ornamental accents for the wand. what do people use for pieces that are made of metal in the wand? like i saw one where there’s a smooth metal piece above the handle that without any seams. are people using metal beads? i tried googling to see if i could find stuff at hobby and craft shops but idk what people call them. i know thats very generic and it doesn’t have to be metal but if someone can point me in the direction of what to call them or look for so i can start sketching out the design and find some cool stuff to incorporate it would be greatly appreciated.
For clarification when I say beings I’m talking about all of the non-human sentient creatures in Harry Potter that are classified as beings (aswell as others such as centaurs, merpeople, leprechauns, etc)
But if there was no ban on who could wield a wand and every one of these sentient beings could have one, what would they look like?
I personally believe certain beings would use parts like Veela Hair and Troll Whiskers, but others like Goblins may make them out of Silver or even a cured obscurial using a strand of their own Obscurus as the core
Hi, I painted a wand with chromacryl acrylic paint and it peeled of the wood. I'm staying away from wood stain for health and finance reasons, So I'm wondering what other paints can be used to colour a wand and is gouche paint ok?
I made a pair of sibling wands. Handles from a single acrylic blank, same piece of all-thread, etc. These were to be shorter shafts, so I planned to turn them tip to tip from the same piece of wood. The burl walnut shaft blew out on the lathe, forcing me to abandon my original designs with lots of decorative beads, coves and grooves. The wood decided I'd let the natural swirls of the burl be all the decoration needed. Sometimes you have to listen to the wood. I left some of the original fracture plane in the tip of each wand to remind them they were once joined.
An interesting wand inspired by a petrified plant, finished with a char, verdigris (copper acetate), and beeswax paste, an excellent conductor of magical energy.
Ps all my wands are made using only naturally derived substances, no modern chemicals
I made this one about 2 years ago and it is still my favorite by far ☺️
I have no idea what type of wood it was, but it's very soft!
Sealed jute handle and copper wire wrap- I think the stone on top might be quartz, but it was given to me as an amethyst 😅
Not super talented at carving. But I have been getting into it with box cutters recently.
Planning on making wands for some of the people who work in the shops in the building I work in. And this is the first of them.
For a yarn medium artist I made this wand with a crochet needle as the top. It was actually a challenge for me.
It’s silly but I like it.
Maybe I’ll use my leftover wood from wands to make crochet needles now
First a wand for my son, then a wand for my daughter, age 3. Of course, lets make it a flamingo. Meet Flamingdodo.
I am taking the plunge on a belt sander tomorrow that comes with an 80 grit sanding belt. There are other belts available, and I'm not sure which one is the best to use for wands. Right now I am working with Hemlock, Cedar, and Holly. I have the bark off the wood and I'm trying to sand it into shape. I'm not sure if I should buy a spare 80 grit or get a 120 grit. For those of you that use a belt sander, what grit do you use? Heck, even if you don't use a belt sander for wands, if you can let me know what grit works best for what we do it would be appreciated.
Started to get back into wand carving. Bottom one was inspired by Dumbledore.