Wood Carved Golden Eagle Walking Stick

Years ago, I saw a golden eagle carrying a rattlesnake in its talons, and I kept it in mind that I’d like to try and capture that memory in a piece of art. So, I finally got out my carving tools and got started. I made this walking stick from tupelo and lodgepole pine. You can find it and my other available artwork on my shop, https://stinnett-sticks.square.site/. And if you’d like to see how I created this walking stick, I hope to have a new video up on my Youtube channel, Stinnett Sticks, on Friday, February 4th. Thanks for stopping by!

February 1, 2022 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Walking SticksTags: art, birds, birdsofprey, carved, carving, hand carved, mike stinnett, nature, walking stick, western art, wildlife, wood carving Leave a comment

We Moved our Site! (Studio Updates)

Thanks to all of you who have been stopping by this wordpress website to see what Mike is up to and supporting his work. We are happy to announce that we now have an official website, www.stinnettsticks.com. Though we will not be deleting our wordpress site, most of our new activity will be on stinnettsticks.com.

On our new site we will continue to share news about Mike’s latest projects. Also, you will have the ability to purchase his book, tutorial, music and artwork and links to tools. We hope that you will come by, browse the site an sign up for our newsletter, so we can stay in touch!

September 1, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Uncategorized Leave a comment

How to Carve a Rattlesnake Walking Stick

Coming Soon!

For years people have asked me to share the details of how I make a rattlesnake walking stick. So along with the help of my family, I am writing a fully illustrated and detailed, how-to-carve a diamondback rattlesnake walking stick book. I hope that this guide will help save you time and frustration as you carve your own functional artwork. It’s almost finished and we are very excited! We will keep you updated on it’s progress!

August 3, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: UncategorizedTags: book, carving a rattlesnake walking stick, carving book, how to carve, mike stinnett, rattlesnake stick, snake stick, stinnett sticks 7 Comments

A Rainbow Trout Fishing Net

I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of this project that was made by Andrew Garris. I think this was a very neat idea to put the carved wooden trout into the handle of his fish net. You can see his work on instagram @andrew_d_g You can see the YouTube video of my work on the Rainbow Trout here: https://youtu.be/_OEkkAGFsY4

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Other ThingsTags: carving fish, carving trout, carving wood, fish carving, mike stinnett, stinnett sticks, Stinnett Studio, wood carving Leave a comment

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I got a request for a table top model of a Cottonmouth. Here, I show it before and after texture and paint. I debated on whether to carve it with it’s cotton mouth showing and decided that it would be more enduring for the viewers to have his mouth closed. The owner of this piece put it in a display case and enjoys the reaction that he gets from those he shows it to. You can see my process on this in my YouTube video, here: https://youtu.be/LDHcspRVxYA

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Other ThingsTags: carving a snake, cottonmouth carving, herpatology, mike stinnett, serpent, snakes, stinnett sticks, Stinnett Studio, wood carving Leave a comment

Carved Miniature Rainbow Trout

I really enjoy making mini fish and this is the second Rainbow Trout that I have made. Below is the video showing how I made the first one. I hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you to be creative too!

In this video I show how I made this little Rainbow Trout.

March 6, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: UncategorizedTags: fish, hand made, how to carve, mike stinnett, Mini, Rainbow Trout, stinnett sticks, Trout, wood carving, wood working 2 Comments

Carved Aesculapian Snake Walking Stick

^I enjoyed making this Aesculapian Snake walking stick. I used the airbrush to blend from the yellow to the brown. It was much trickier than I expected to get it the way I wanted. A lot of hand brushing went into highlighting and flecking the scales. I was very pleased with the wood grain on this piece of wood. Thanks for stopping by.

February 19, 2021 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Walking SticksTags: carving, herping, mike stinnett, Pole, snake stick, snake walking stick, staff, stinnett sticks, walking sticks, wood carving Leave a comment

Gila Monster Desert Cane

Carved Cholla Cactus makes a great backdrop for the Gila Monster Lizard, Coral Snake and Scorpion on this desert themed cane. The Tarantula came to me as an after thought. It was made-to-order for a war vet from the Southwest.

I posted a video on this one on youtube, so perhaps you’ve already seen it.

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Walking SticksTags: carved cane, coral snake, mike stinnett, scorpion, southwest desert, tarantula, wood carving 2 Comments

Wildlife Wetlands Walking Stick (SOLD)

Featuring Mike Stinnett’s wood carved walking stick #93. Carved out of a single piece of wood.

I made this walking stick for a retired field biologist. The purpose was to bring together a few of the things she loved from the wetland ecosystem. As you can see in the video below, I carved this from a single piece of alder wood. The antennas on the crawfish were made of leather and added. It took me at least two months. I really enjoyed it!

Video of his process down below!

*SOLD* Commissioned work

Red Winged Black Bird

White Tailed Dragonfly

Western Red Sided Garter Snake

Crawdad

Watch The Video of the Creation of this One of a Kind Walking Stick!

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by Stinnett Studio Categories: Videos, Walking SticksTags: art, Artwork, carved, carvings, hyper realism, mike stinnett, staff, stinnett sticks, walking stick, walking sticks, western art, wood carver, wood carving 6 Comments

Wood Carved Birds and Berry Walking Stick

Here’s the full video on how I made a Chickadee and Blackberry Bramble walking stick! If you’re interested in some of the tools I use or recommend, check out the link below.

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April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Stinnett Studio Categories: VideosTags: art, Artwork, carving, Chickadees, mike stinnett, outdoors, power carving, power tools, stinnett sticks, walking sticks, wood carving, wood working 2 Comments