Manzanita Snake Head Cane

Here is one of my favorite canes. This is made of a piece of Manzanita root and it was a gnarley piece full of dirt and rocks. The more I cleaned it, the more voids appeared and if it weren’t such an interesting piece of wood, I would have tossed it. The white snake like head is the natural color and texture, as is the reddish body, although I had to fill in a lot of gaps with epoxy and wood shavings. I used ebony, manzanita, padouk and purple heart wood shavings in different applications to accent the natural wood. These photos don’t even show the beauty of the detail, but you can get an idea of the fun I had with this. I attached the Manzanita root to a piece of Black Walnut that I shaped into a faux twisty stick. (Is there a formal name for the sticks that are naturally twisted?)

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