Wild Roses Cane

My wife and I collaborated to make this intricately hand-carved walking cane.  Using my wife, Brenda’s design, I enjoyed roughing it out in relief.  She put the final details on it.   It features a relief carving of wild roses with their leaves and vines. It’s  is carved from a single piece of wood. The natural light color of the sapwood and darker tones of the heartwood were utilized to enhance the effects of this design. Only a high gloss polyurethane was applied and no stain was needed to bring out the beautiful grain in this piece. It is available in my shop on stinnettstudio.etsy.com.

Rattlesnake Cane # 56

The Making of Carved Snake Stick 55

Here’s a video of my work in progress of the Massasauga Rattlesnake walking cane; hand carved out of a single piece of wood.

 

Wood Carved Massasauga Rattlesnake Walking stick #54

Here’s my latest carving. This one is a Massasauga Rattle Snake. I carved it from a piece of naturally crooked pine.

Rattlesnake “Ready to Strike” Cane

I was able to get creative with the shape on this snake cane.  I used a larger piece of naturally crooked pine which gave me the space I needed to put the snake’s head in a striking position.  I will show the process of making it in an upcoming video.

 

Rattlesnake Walking Cane 42

Hand-carved from a single piece of wood and hand-painted.

Corn Snake Walking Cane

This little cane carries a brilliantly colored Corn snake.  His lifted pose makes him look like he might crawl right up your arm.

Rattlesnake Walking Cane #39

I Just finished this Rattlesnake walking cane.  With his chin resting on the handle, he appears to be a guardian, ready to strike.  He’s hand carved out of one solid piece of wood and then hand painted.

Copperhead Wrapped Walking Cane #36

Hand-carved Copperhead Cane; made from a single piece of wood and Hand-painted.  I really like the color pattern and the plate scales on the heads of these snakes.  This guy definitely has a “don’t tread on me” look in his eye!