This is my gallery of custom Harry Potter wands. The captions are largely unedited from the times they were first posted. Contact me if you are interested in a commission.
This wand is a companion piece to Scepter. It was commissioned by Musicman1017's sister Mizzrowe for her daughter. The prompt was to make an earthy wand, less refined than Scepter, but not lesser. So I carved The Untamed, fit for a powerful witch that advises the royal princess. The Untamed measures 10 1/4". It is carved from a scrap black walnut board and painted with Citadel hobby paints. The handle is wrapped with a faux leather suede cord in a doubled Double Gaucho Knot. I've decided that paracord wraps will be a new option on my wands going forward, as I very much enjoy the process!
Wand 15 - Scepter. Thanks to Covid and working from home, I’ve started moderating for a Twitch streamer, Musicman1017. He commissioned me to craft this wand for his daughter, who has discovered Harry Potter and loves it. Scepter was turned from a blank of African Padauk, a bright orange wood that slowly darkens from sun exposure. The rose was done by hand using chip carving methods I saw on Reddit. The gunmetal details were painted using Citadel Iron Warriors, which you can find at your local game store. It’s sealed with shellac in hopes of keeping the vivid orange as long as possible. Scepter measures 10 3/4". Its name and design are meant to evoke the regal nature of the wielder, long may she reign.
Wand 15 - Scepter. Thanks to Covid and working from home, I’ve started moderating for a Twitch streamer, Musicman1017. He commissioned me to craft this wand for his daughter, who has discovered Harry Potter and loves it. Scepter was turned from a blank of African Padauk, a bright orange wood that slowly darkens from sun exposure. The rose was done by hand using chip carving methods I saw on Reddit. The gunmetal details were painted using Citadel Iron Warriors, which you can find at your local game store. It’s sealed with shellac in hopes of keeping the vivid orange as long as possible. Scepter measures 10 3/4". Its name and design are meant to evoke the regal nature of the wielder, long may she reign.
Wand 14 - Segi. Nearly four years since my last wand, I'm back with another creation! This is the first wand turned on my brand new lathe, and it was so much fun to make! It's already been claimed by a friend for his son's birthday. Segi was turned from a cherry wood blank and measures 11.5" long. I elected not to stain it or use polyurethane, but instead used sawdust and woodchips after sanding to bring out a natural polish. The name comes from the Indonesian word for "facet", because the shapes reminded me of the faceted wooden beads used to make bracelets.
Wand 13 - Statera. Two years ago, I made a special birthday wand for part of an event my Quidditch team played at. Unfortunately, he somehow lost it, and has felt as Harry did when he broke his wand. So I was commissioned to make a replacement for the young wizard! Enter, Statera! Statera is carved from black walnut, my favorite wood to work with. It’s 11 1/2" long and dually stained, with the tip stained with Ebony, and the handle with Natural. As it turns out, both stains look identical here. I used a red fabric because, while choosing between red and purple, I realized the red hadn’t been used yet. I’ve also realized that I use spirals waaaaaay too often in my designs, so going forward I will try to rely less on them.
Wand 12 - The Seamstress. This wand is for a good friend of mine, Master Lexicon, as a trade for my lovely Sith cloak that she made for me! She is a Cosplay Goddess (as officially dubbed by our Quidditch team) and has some beautiful work that you should check out. The Seamstress is designed to be a sewing needle stuck through a spool, with a thread wrapped up and around it. She is carved from cherry wood and is 11 1/2" long. I chose to use both Red Oak and Sedona Red stain for the spool. The thread is painted with gold trim, which I think goes well with the silver and red. The black fabric is leftovers from my cloak, with a yellow lid for her house of Hufflepuff.
Wand 11 - Codex. Codex was a Christmas gift commission by my wife Natalie’s aunt, for a young boy she babysits. From what she told me about him, he is definitely a Ravenclaw, so I wanted something that was elegant in a smartish way. The rings are painted with silver hammered spray paint. Codex is 12 1/2” long and made of Cherry. I turned him on my lathe during Thanksgiving break to get the rough shape, then carved from there. I also got the chance to use my new Pfeil hand gouge, which was really nice! The stain is Jacobean, which you may recognize as the same stain I used on my own wand, Zauberstab. I really like the cool darkness of it, which goes well with the silver on the rings. His name comes from one of the Latin words for “book”. The wand box uses some of my new blue paper, which I really like, and matches the recipient’s house. The fabric is the same material as the background, which is a beautiful Sith cloak that my good friend Master Lexicon made for me for the Star Wars premiere!! (It was so good, you gotta go see it.) In exchange, I will be making her a wand over my winter break. Keep an eye out for it, and go check out her work!
Wand 10 - Raktas. Wand number 10 is for a young man named Jacob. My local Quidditch team, the Rhody Ridgebacks, are helping at his Harry Potter themed birthday party on Sunday, and I volunteered to make a wand for him. Support your Quidditch teams everybody! Raktas is carved from a Red Oak dowel, and is 11” in length. He is stained with English chestnut minwax stain. The name comes from the Lithuanian word for “key”, because I thought the bumps and curves on him resembled the cuts in a key. Yes, I DO use Google Translate to find cool looking words for my wands. How did you know?
Wand 9 - Trinity. Hand carved from a Cherry dowel, and stained with “natural” stain, which helps bring out the wood’s real color. The rings have gold leaf painted onto them. The name comes from the three rods that make up the handle. I designed it based on some of my memories of church, believe it or not. Trinity is 9 1/2" long.
Wand 8 - Heka. My second commission wand! This one is for my friend Gabe, as a gift for his girlfriend Ashley. She is a big fan of Egyptian mythology, so I was tasked with designing a wand that had an Egyptian style. Of the five designs, the hook-handled wand was her favorite. It’s based on one of the Pharaoh’s two scepters, the crook and the flail. Heka is the Egyptian name for the crook. Heka was largely handcarved from a piece of Oak. I turned him on the lathe first to get the initial rounded dowel portion, while leaving the part where the hook would be untouched. From there, I whittled the rest of it down. It was a challenge getting the hook shaped right, especially on such a large piece of wood, but between my father’s saw and my knife and chisels, the form finally emerged. Heka is 11” long, and stained with Ebony, then Jacobean. The ebony did not stain the wand as dark as I wanted, so the Jacobean was added for some extra darkness. It may be hard to see from the picture, but above where her hand will grip the wand, there is a ring of scarab beetles woodburned, and coated with gold leaf paint. Not a lot, but enough to make it look like the wand had been dug out the sand after many years. Lastly, I applied satin polyurethane. The box is colored features a new option; metal corners! It adds some class and fanciness to the whole thing! The yellow is chosen for the new owner’s house of Hufflepuff (yay!), and gave me a chance to use the new rolls of craft paper I ordered.
Wand 7 - Chandelle. My first fully hand-carved wand! Shaped from a Red Oak dowel. This was my first attempt at pyrography; I used a wood burning pen to carve the spirals on the guard; they turned out nice. I named this wand for the French word for “candle” after someone remarked that the flowing nature of the guard reminded them of wax on a candle. Also found out that “Chandelle” is apparently a flight maneuver. Thanks Wikipedia!
Wand 6 - Stinger. Made from what is probably a piece of Persimmon. My professor said that there’s a ton of it lying around the studio, so that’s most likely what it is. Anyway, this one was a commission for a classmate of mine, Karina. She wanted something for her younger brother. The information I was given was that he liked Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Bellatrix Lestrange. So I based this wand off of a combination of her first wand and a wasp stinger. It’s 10 5/8” long and stained with a gunstock color. I coated it with a flat spray sealant. The wand box is the very first one I made, so it isn’t the best. I improved quickly, thankfully.
Wand 5 - Spiral. Made from a piece of Black Walnut! So far this is my favorite wood that I’ve worked with; it’s solid, not too heavy, and carves nicely. I left the handle the natural wood color and stained the top with a gunstock stain. Lastly, I applied a flat spray sealant. This wand is 11 ¼”.
Wand 4 - Lance. Made from a Pine blank via the lathe in my art class. It’s 12 1/8” long and stained with a pecan color. I’ve decided I don’t like the stain-and-polyurethane-in-one stains; they aren’t as fun to work with.
Wand 3 - Guard. Made from a Pine blank by turning on my school’s lathe as well as hand carving. It’s 10 7/8” long and stained a classic oak color.
Wand 2 – Orochi. This wand belongs to my beautiful fiancée Natalie! She is a Slytherin, but I love her anyway. She is far shorter than me, at 4’ 8 ¾”. Thus her wand is also far shorter than mine. The curved handle is meant to look like a snake tail. I am sure many of you can figure out where the name comes from. (It may change if she veto’s my name for one of her own choosing.) It’s made from Pine, but created in two separate pieces. The upper portion was turned on my school’s lathe. It was not stained, but still coated with glossy polyurethane. The handle was hand carved, and painted using a fancy method I learned several years ago. First, I sprayed the whole handle with silver spray paint. I then covered the underbelly with painters tape. To create the scales, I sprayed green spray paint through a piece of rubber cabinet paper, and repeated several times until I felt it was finished. Lastly, a coating of flat sealant was sprayed on. The two pieces were then glued together with wood glue. I left a hole in the handle as well as extra length below the guard so that they could be seamlessly attached. Orochi is roughly 11” long; it’s hard to be sure with the curve. I chose purple for the fabric of the wand box since Natalie likes the Hulk a lot.
Wand 2 – Orochi. This wand belongs to my beautiful fiancée Natalie! She is a Slytherin, but I love her anyway. She is far shorter than me, at 4’ 8 ¾”. Thus her wand is also far shorter than mine. The curved handle is meant to look like a snake tail. I am sure many of you can figure out where the name comes from. (It may change if she veto’s my name for one of her own choosing.) It’s made from Pine, but created in two separate pieces. The upper portion was turned on my school’s lathe. It was not stained, but still coated with glossy polyurethane. The handle was hand carved, and painted using a fancy method I learned several years ago. First, I sprayed the whole handle with silver spray paint. I then covered the underbelly with painters tape. To create the scales, I sprayed green spray paint through a piece of rubber cabinet paper, and repeated several times until I felt it was finished. Lastly, a coating of flat sealant was sprayed on. The two pieces were then glued together with wood glue. I left a hole in the handle as well as extra length below the guard so that they could be seamlessly attached. Orochi is roughly 11” long; it’s hard to be sure with the curve. I chose purple for the fabric of the wand box since Natalie likes the Hulk a lot.
Wand 1 – Zauberstab (Wandy). My very first wand! This is my own wand, made on the lathe at my art class. I made him just for fun, but it quickly blossomed into a wonderful hobby! He was turned from an Oak blank, but the twin spirals along his end were handmade, with a few files. Zauberstab is named for the German word for “magic wand”. I took German a few years in high school and enjoy the rough sound of the name. He is also named Wandy, since that’s what I’ve been calling him before I found his proper name. It may not be obvious from the picture, but Zauberstab is unusually long. He’s 15 1/4”, and dwarfs all the other wands I’ve made to date. I’m 6’ 2”, so I wanted something longer than most. He is stained with Jacobean; it’s a beautiful dark, cool color and I love it. He has a gloss coat of polyurethane over him as well. The box is yellow since I am a Hufflepuff, and the purple fabric goes well with the dark colors of the wand and lower box, and is the complementary color against yellow.