Gallery III - Fancy Wands
All the wands depicted in this gallery are of the "Fancy" category and were made as custom work. They are each priced at $225. In some cases, if special stones or crystals are desired, or if very elaborate carving is required, custom wands may be priced higher than this basic amount. In most cases, these designs can be duplicated (though not exactly) or adapted and personalized for you. If you are drawn to one of these designs, just click the PayPal button that follows it and send along your comments with the payment. Alferian will consult with you further by e-mail.
Elma Elmarion - Our Old Elm
Elma Elmarion is a wand I made of the last small branch that the city authorities left when they destroyed our boulevard Elm due to Dutch elm disease. The disease is caused by a fungus carried by a beetle that gets under the bark. It is highly contagious and so Minneapolis and other cities throughout the U.S. are highly proactive in taking down trees when they show signs of the disease to slow its spread. This wand has a red carnelian reservoir stone, gold elm leaves carved on the handle, and a gold banner spiraling up the shaft inscribed with the wand's name in Elvish Artorin letters. Click the pictures to enlarge.
Artorin is the name in Eranor for the Elvish calligraphic script. See Runelore.
No. 701. Walnut Wolf Wand
Walnut with a core of spirit wolf hair, 18 inches. This wand has a point of snowflake obsidian set in the wolf's jaws and a reservoir stone of calcite. The handle is carved with oak leaves and acorns in high relief and the rune Tyr (which is also the riana Tinnë) is carved in relief on the top of the shaft. Click each photo for enlargments.
Close up of the handle and calcite reservoir stone.
The T-rune Tyr or Tiwaz on the top, symbol of the male sex, masculine power, spiritual discipline, the will to succeed, self-sacrifice, justice.
The wolf's head and the snowflake obsidian point evocative of snowfall at midnight.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225 
No. 684. Old Pecan Wand with Solomonic Sigils
This wand was made from a branch given to me by an ancient pecan tree at Cahokia, the Mississipian Indian city across the river from St. Louis. Once a thriving civilization, now Cahokia consists only of the great mounds where we think temples and palaces once were built to worship the Sun-King. For some reason, best known to the Dryad of the tree, this wand wanted to be a Solomonic wand, inscribed with the sigils given in the Greater Key of Solomon for the creation of a magic wand.
The magical and angelic sigils are filled with gold paint and complemented by the swirling grain of the pearwood. Evocative of the power of the angelic hierarchies. The very glossy finish of this wand was achieved with violin varnish. Click photos to enlarge.
Price for this wand or a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 689. Ash Wand with Beehive and Bees
Beehive reservoir and bees. Ash tree and leaf motif carved with the runes of manifestation. A honey of a wand!
Detail of handle showing ash leaves and a bee.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 598. Hazel Air Wand with Elvish Vines and Opal
19.25 inches, Gryffin feather, Pale Blue Opal reservoir. This one is one of my personal wands, dedicated to the element of Air. The dark blue middle section was dyed with ink at the request of the wand itself. The opal is a superb and unique specimen. It is carved in an Elvish vinery motif with acorns and oakleaves and has a splendid knot as can be seen below in the detail shots. Hazel is a superb wood of Air and imagination, most suitable for calling down the Awen, and ideal for work with Faeries.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 614 Rowan with Flame Tree and Goddesss
16.5 inches with Dragonscale core, serpentine reservoir, flame tree, goddess, and acorn point in gold, four winds motif and goddess names in Elvish Rianar around the middle sections. Close-ups below.
Close-ups of the point and the Serpentine reservoir stone with golden goddess.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 591. White Oak with Owl Pommel
20.5 inches, Spirit Owl feather core, Amethyst point. Another example of a natural branch wand with a carved owl reservoir. Below are close-ups of the handle end showing the owl carving and the oakleaves and acorns.
No. 591 Handle detail.
No. 591: Another shot showing the back of the owl.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 587. Cherrywood Serpent Goddess Wand
This splendid stout wand is finished in two-tone color. The cut crystal citrine point is gorgeous. The reservoir a large red carnelian. The goddess design runs the whole length of the wand with the goddess's arms and hair swept upwards to embrace the crystal point and her serpent body twined around the shaft. On the handle, her twin tails interlace.
Close-up view of the citrine point and the goddess's torso.
Close-up view of the handle and the goddess's tail. You can just make out some Elvish runes inscribed on the pommel. A wand of this design can be yours for a mere $225. Truly a family heirloom for generations.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 609. Alder Wolf and Dragon
Silver dragonscale core, 20 inches, carved with dragon and wolf in Celtic style. Moonstone reservoir and amethyst point. Alder is a superb water wood well-suited for work in the realm of feeling and emotion, dreams, and healing. Below are close-ups of the dragon and wolf carvings. $225.00
A different angle to show the dragon's wings and tail a bit better.
The wolf on the handle and the lovely moonstone reservoir!
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No 616 Blackthorn Raven Wand
Spirit Raven feather core. This custom wand is carved with a raven's head and wings holding the smoky quartz point. The legs become Celtic interlace embracing the jet reservoir. It is inscribed with the ogham for blackthorn, an especially powerful wood for magick of the dark moon, Samhuinn, and protective faerie magick. Close-ups below. Please note that I have blackthorn in only very limited supply.
The reservoir of Jet.
A view of the Raven's beak and smokey quartz point.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 340. Oak Wand with Gold Runic Leaves
Exquisitely carved with a leaf and vine design, each leaf bearing one of the Futhark runes, finished in gold. Tiger's eye reservoir and smokey quartz point. Close-ups below.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 588. Applewood with Silver Bells
Natural unstained finish and silver bells, unicorn hair core, carved egg reservoir and tapered point. It has a personalized inscription in Elvish Artorin (see: Runelore). Close-up of the triple spiral on the handle. A traditional design inspired by the silver boughs used by old Irish bards to announce their entrance and silence the audience to listen.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 559. Ebony and Citrine Wand
14.5 inches, dragonscale core, clear citrine reservoir. This exquisite wand is elegant and very heavy for its size, exceptionally smooth and shiny, and naturally black in color. Ebony is a wood of enormous power, particularly for magick of the dark moon -- banishing, protection, gestation, and matters of death and rebirth. A detail of the handle below. $225
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 222 Unicorn Wand
A splendid two-tone design conceived by my apprentice Azrienoch. This wand has a handle in the shape of a horse's head and the shaft carved like a spiraling unicorn's horn. A lovely design which could also be done with a stone in the pommel.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 225 Two-tone Linden Wand with Interlace
This wand is of Linden wood, a splendid wood for love spells or spells of peace and contentment. It is very lightweight, yet strong. The handle is stained with a dark cherry color and carved with intricate interlace. The shaft is finished without stain for Linden's very light coloring. The variations possible on this theme are many. It captures the symbolism of light and darkness.
Price for a similar creation tailored to your desires: $225
No. 586 Oak with Redcap Crystal
20.75 inches. Dragonscale core. This wand is grand and rustic in style with a massive redcap crystal reservoir and an amethyst point. It is carved with oakleaves, a wave motif, and both Alferic runes and Celtic ogham for "oak." A detail of the handle end below. A truly unique wand, which I include only for ideas. It would be next to impossible to come even close to this design, given the peculiarity of the stones.
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