As this is my very first 'blog' I thought I'd spend a little time introducing myself first - boring I know but at least you will get to know me a little better. As it says on the 'About Me' bit, I am now retired and filling in much of my time by producing my hand-crafted sticks from a shed at the bottom of our garden.Though I have been making sticks for many many years, this is the first time I have thought about selling them - they were usually produced for friends on request or for presents etc.
I thoroughly enjoy working with wood and stickmaking is one of those woodcraft hobbies which allows you to work closely with the raw material from the very start to the final finished article. It takes between one to two years of careful seasoning before the wood is even ready for further work, so overall it requires a deal of patience. The rewards however are many. There is nothing more satisfying (in my mind at least!) than a well balanced, strongly made and attractively finished stick, whether it be a shepherd's crook a fancy walking stick or a rustic knob stick.
So hopefully you can tell by now that I am passionate about my craft and all that it entails. I aim to produce only attractive, hard wearing and highly individual pieces which I feel will be of interest to buyers.
Feel free to contact me - I love to talk 'sticks' and will attempt to answer any questions. In the next post I hope to show some of the processes I use in stick making and talk about how to choose suitable sticks in the wild.
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