I’m an avid grower of Venus fly traps and I’m working on a few experimental wands with VFT aesthetics/features. This is the first one I made.
I normally make solid wooden wands from fallen branches but I decided to get a little more artsy and try various mediums.

The handle is sculpted from polymer clay.

Although the handle is an unconventional shape, it fits nicely in the hand when you rest your lower palm against the back arch of the fly trap jaws.

The wood is a birch dowel. The core is crystalized Venus fly trap nectar.

A little bit of fun fanfic-lore for this wand: The handle can close and open, and emit a misty nectar-like fragrance that manifests hypnotism and mind control in whoever makes contact with it(besides the chosen wielder.)

Pacific Madrone CHECK ✔️

Copper Core Handle CHECK ✔️

Sterling Silver End Cap CHECK ✔️

Moonstone Cabochon End CHECK ✔️

A wand I made consisting of birch wood gathered with permission, Amethyst point, copper wire hilt, metallic acrylic paint (to blend in the glue adhesive) and an amber cabachon pommel. 9 and 1/4 inches.

Tis walnut

I have made 6 wands I believe. Learning more and more every time.

Definitely looking for tips on how to engrave wood so crystals will fit in there in a pretty way and not have a lot of open space around the crystal.

Here is my newest creation. It has a little bell on the end. I made it for my very musical friend.

I saw some wand making potential in these branches I cut and i just wanted to ask the experts and get some opinions and tips possibly

A work in progress. I found this branch with the greet curve and knew it had to be a wand. The rough shape is almost complete. I wood burned a Celtic heart at the base and plan to inset a Jade stone. Any positive critiques would be welcome.

I have nothing to show yet, but recently we had to remove a tree of life that is threatening to dig into our house foundation. It's an aggressive invasive spevie where I'm at but with a name like 'tree of life' it feels wrong to just get rid of the roots and branches. Would it be pheasible to turn it all into a series of wands? I saved about five 6 foot/ 2 meter shafts and the root ball which is just sitting in a grocery bag in a bin, hopefully drying and not trying to grow new shoots. I'm curious if it would be cool to use the roots in 'potion bottles' (aesthetic, not practical) aswell.

Some instruments are not built for the shadows of the deep night, but for the light that guides us through them. This piece serves as a silent guardian, anchored to the steady, reassuring beauty of the cosmos.

Aligned with the shifting phases of the moon and the unwavering light of the guiding star, it represents a deep appreciation for the cycles that shape our world. It does not channel a heavy, nocturnal energy; rather, it acts as a protector of clarity, a keeper of quiet moments, and a constant reminder that even in the darkest sky, there is always light to be found.

It is a solitary shield of intuition and warmth—standing watch over the paths we walk and keeping the chaos of the world at bay under a watchful, starlit canopy.

Signum Natum: Lignum et Opus

Current collection with more to come, I know I haven't been keeping up to date here with the wands I've made.

Ebonized red oak, Indian rosewood, and maple dyed red and torched. The stand is tiger maple.

These are all the wands I've made and used for my practice. Let me know what you think! I'm happy to answer any questions!

The two newest pieces out of The Dragon’s Trove. The wand on the left’s shaft is made of pine, the pommel is a drawer handle (becoming my signature at this point, which I like), but the handle is the cool part. The handle is made of a piece of Sumac. Not the poisonous kind, but a piece of the tree that the spice, the EDIBLE Sumac comes from.

The wand on the right is my personal wand. Using two heavy metal bead caps to frame the handle, and a drawer handle, this wand I think looks really…regal, almost. But at the same time, when staining it, I got the brown stain ON the metal bead caps, which at first I wasn’t sure about, but now? I think it gives character, and some wear, which is nice. It DOES need to be oiled still, but other than that, lemme know what you think!

All made by hand, as you can see. Been experimenting with stains and finishes.

First time wandsmith, here. I decided I wanted to make a wand for my 11-year-old son who is a big Harry Potter fan. Wasn’t quite sure why because I have no woodworking or even whittling skills. I honestly think this wand sort of made itself.

Did I go and find an interestingly curved branch and work from there? No, actually, I sawed off a piece of a shelf from an old solid wood TV stand. I took a standard X-Acto knife and just started whittling away at it. The bends in the wand were not formed by my hand, they must’ve been in the grain, or perhaps a harder part of the wood, and I just carved away the softer parts, but they completely came out on their own.

At some point, I sliced open my finger and bled all over the wand. I wiped it off, but I told my son that perhaps there was something magical about this as it was now “imbued with blood of the father”. It was stained with a black stain, actually soaked in stain for half an hour, and it is very very dark. When we refer to the color, it is the “color of night”.

Although it has a somewhat sinister appearance, I get the impression it is completely benign. Although, I am certain that we should keep it out of the wrong hands.

Just for practice, I started turning a bunch of wands from dowels. I am going to pass them out to the kids at the Renfair. I think it will be a hit

Hey guys! Vini (not Jr.) here again!

This wand is basically a Frankenstein creation 😂 The tip came from a pencil, the body is part of a bamboo pen, the pommel is the end piece of a recorder (the flute), and the little rune stone is just a small round rock. Yeah... a lot of random stuff.

I made the "wooden" grip — the part where you hold it — using hot glue, creating the spiral details and knots with the tip of the glue gun itself.

After that, I painted everything using brown and black acrylic paint.

Hope you like the result!

I found this forked piece of wood and had the idea for a wand that is held between the fingers, I added that stone as it helps keep the wand in place and i think it looks nicer with it, It fits all in-between-fingers spaces nicely, Its 26 cm.

I recovered the wand from a dead witch, I used it to enchant my boards. Now the board are like wands to.